Standard Listings Sort by: Hits | AlphabeticalAgeing through the Ages
MacLennan and Sellers present an overview of human ageing from prehistoric time to the present.
http://mac-huwis.lut.ac.uk/~wis/papers/ProcRCollPhysEdinb1999.html |
Between Zeus and the Salmon
Online version of multi-author book describing biology and demography of longevity. Book can be ordered from National Academy Press.
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309057876/html/index.html |
Calculation of Life Expectancy
Concise explanation of the mathematics of life expectancy calculation with links to related concepts.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LifeExpectancy.html |
Early Warning Life Expectancy Calculator
A life expectancy calculator based on official statistics for the U.S. and Scandinavia with real-time countdown, date and time of death.
http://home.worldonline.dk/~eskemj |
Genetics of Longevity
Powerpoint presentation by Tom Kirkwood, who developed an evolutionary theory of longevity which he calls 'disposable soma'.
http://www.ukfgi.org.uk/07-11-2002/Speakers%20Presentations/Tom%20Kirkwood.ppt |
Innovita Research Institute
Research on aging, molecular concepts of aging, cloning and age-related diseases such as Alzheimers, Werner syndrome, and Parkinsons.
http://www.innovitaresearch.org/ |
Life Calculator
A life expectancy calculator which is well referenced and includes its data tables and references to the literature.
http://gosset.wharton.upenn.edu/~foster/mortality/ |
Netscape.com's Lifeline Calculator
If you are between 25 and 65 years of age and reasonably healthy, this test estimates life expectancy using lifestyle and family history questions.
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/atplay/lifeline.jsp |
Review of The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging
Generally favorable review of a book by Olshansky and Carnes that argues that large increases in life expectancy are unlikely in near future wihout fundamental advances in the science of aging. (Requires registration, but is reprinted in entirety on Amazo
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/344/12/941 |
Roman Life Expectancy
Roman Life Expectancy: calculations and caveats about accuracy.
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/documents/Life.html |
senescence.info
Informational website on Gerontology and Aging Research
http://www.senescence.info |
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