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Nature 439, 663-664 (9 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439663a; Published online 8 February 2006

A ship, gradually lowering sail

Douwe Draaisma1

BOOK REVIEWEDThe Long History of Old Age

edited by Pat Thane
Thames & Hudson/Oxford University Press: 2005. 320 pp. £25/$49.95