| The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies Contributor(s): Metchnikoff, Elie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1410206769 ISBN-13: 9781410206763 Publisher: University Press of the Pacific OUR PRICE: $35.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: Professor Metchnikoff expounds his main thesis that human life is not only unnaturally short but unnaturally burdened with physical and mental disabilities. He analyzes the causes of these disharmonies and explains his reasons for hoping that they may be counteracted by a rational hygiene.Elie Metchnikoff (1845-1916) was Sub-Director of the Pasteur Institute, and a Nobel Prize winner for medicine. Metchnikoff was born in Russia and lived in Paris from 1888, where many of his works were originally published in French. He worked in the fields of embryology, comparative anatomy, pathology, bacteriology and immunology. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biology - Health & Fitness | Healthy Living |
| Dewey: 612.68 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.14" W x 8.02" (0.91 lbs) 368 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Professor Metchnikoff expounds his main thesis that human life is not only unnaturally short but unnaturally burdened with physical and mental disabilities. He analyzes the causes of these disharmonies and explains his reasons for hoping that they may be counteracted by a rational hygiene. Elie Metchnikoff (1845-1916) was Sub-Director of the Pasteur Institute, and a Nobel Prize winner for medicine. Metchnikoff was born in Russia and lived in Paris from 1888, where many of his works were originally published in French. He worked in the fields of embryology, comparative anatomy, pathology, bacteriology and immunology. |
