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Extra life : the astonishing story of how we doubled our lifespan /

"Humans live longer now than they ever have in their more than three hundred thousand years of existence on earth. And most (if not all) of the advances that have permitted the human lifespan to double have happened in living memory. Extra Life looks at vaccines, seat belts, pesticides, and mor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Steven, 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023.
Subjects:
Life expectancy > History > Juvenile literature.
Health expectancy > History > Juvenile literature.
Medical care > History > Juvenile literature.
Medical sciences > History > Juvenile literature.
Technology > History > Juvenile literature.
Health expectancy > History.
Medical care > History.
Life expectancy > History.
Medical sciences > History.
Technology > History.
Espérance de vie en santé > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Soins médicaux > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Espérance de vie > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Sciences de la santé > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Technologie > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
MEDICAL / Public Health.
Health expectancy
Life expectancy
Medical care
Medical sciences
Technology
History
Juvenile works
Informational works.
Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
Table of Contents:
  • The speckled monster (Vaccines)
  • The detectives (Public health data)
  • Mapping the seventh ward (Social epidemiology)
  • Safe as milk (Pasteurization)
  • Beyond the placebo effect (Drug testing and regulation)
  • The mold that changed the world (Antibiotics)
  • The rocket sled (Automobile safety)
  • Feed the world (The decline of famine)
  • The work left to do.