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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Sinclair, David A., 1969– author. | LaPlante, Matthew D., author.
Title: Lifespan : why we age—and why we don’t have to / David A. Sinclair, Ph.D., A.O. with Matthew D. LaPlante ; illustrations and Sinclairfont by Catherine L. Delphia.
Description: First Atria Books hardcover edition. | New York : Atria Books, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019007196 (print) | LCCN 2019009229 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501191992 (eBook) | ISBN 9781501191978 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Life spans (Biology) | Longevity. | BISAC: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics. | HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Genetic.
Classification: LCC QH528.5 (ebook) | LCC QH528.5 .S56 2019 (print) | DDC 570—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019007196
ISBN 978-1-5011-9197-8
ISBN 978-1-5011-9199-2 (ebook)
Thanks to Christine Liu and her team at the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) for permission to use the Glossary icons. Thanks to Wikipedia for biographical facts in the cast of characters.