THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
Book ID/图书代码： 13560013B66470
English Summary/英文概要： Everything that lives will die. That’s the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age: people vary wildly in their patterns of aging and their life spans - and that variation is nothing compared to what’s found in other animal and plant species. A giant fungus found in Michigan has been alive since the Ice Age, while a dragonfly lives but four months, a mayfly half an hour. What accounts for these variations - and what can we learn from them that might help us understand, or better manage, our own aging? With The Long and the Short of It, biologist and writer Jonathan Silvertown offers readers a fascinating tour through the scientific study of longevity and aging. Dividing his daunting subject by theme - death, life span, aging, heredity, evolution, and more - Silvertown draws on the latest scientific developments to paint a picture of what we know about how life span, senescence, and death vary within and across species. At every turn, he addresses fascinating questions that have far-reaching implications: What causes aging, and what determines the length of an individual life? What changes have caused the average human life span to increase so dramatically - fifteen minutes per hour - in the past two centuries? If evolution favors those who leave the most descendants, why haven’t we evolved to be immortal? The answers to these puzzles and more emerge from close examination of the whole natural history of life span and aging, from fruit flies to nematodes, redwoods, and much more. The Long and the Short of It pairs a perpetually fascinating topic with a wholly engaging writer, and the result is a book that will reward curious readers of all ages.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 每一件活着的事物都会死去。这就是生活的基本事实。但并不是每个人都死在相同的年纪，人们老化和寿命的模式大相径庭，这种变化是动物和植物物种所没有的。在密歇根州发现的巨型真菌自冰河时代起就一直活着，而蜻蜓的寿命只有四个月，蜉蝣只能活半小时。是什么原因导致这些变化？在它们身上我们可以学到什么来更好的理解和管理我们自己的衰老？在《它的长和短》中，生物学家和作家乔纳森•西佛敦为读者提供了一个引人入胜的老化和长寿的科学研究之旅。以主题来划分他令人敬畏的课题——死亡，寿命，老化，遗传，进化，以及更多——西佛敦利用最新的科学发展，描绘出寿命，衰老和死亡是如何因人而异以及因物种而异的。一有机会他就解答那些影响深远的迷人问题：是什么原因导致老化？是什么调整个体生命的长度？什么样的变化导致人类的平均寿命大大提高——每小时15分钟——在过去的两个世纪中？如果进化有利于那些最后留下的后代， 为什么我们没有进化成为不朽？书中有这些谜题以及通过仔细检查寿命和老化的整个自然历史涌现的更多谜题，从线虫到果实蝇，红杉等等的答案。《它的长和短》是一个完全迷人的作家呈现的一个永远迷人的话题，这本书将会满足所有年龄段的读者的好奇。（LNL）
Awards/获奖情况：“种子可能看起来很小，无聊，却有技巧，狡猾的欺骗它们进化的核心。生态学家乔纳森•西佛敦妙趣横生的描述了所有人类生命依赖的绿色世界。”——新科学家奖，年度最佳图书
"Seeds may look small and boring, yet tricks, bribes and devious deceptions lie at the heart of their evolution, as ecologist Jonathan Silvertown entertainingly recounts in this fascinating celebration of the green world upon which all human life depends." -New Scientist, Best Books of the Year"
About the Author/作者介绍： 乔纳森•西佛敦是生态学教授，是许多书籍的作者和编辑，包括最近的由芝加哥大学出版社出版的《一个看不见的果园》。Jonathan Silvertown is professor of ecology at the Open University, UK, and the author or editor of numerous books, including, most recently, An Orchard Invisible, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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