The Longevity Revolution

The Benefits & Challenges of Living a Long Life

A pioneering, Pulitzer Prize-winning doctor reflects on the recent unprecedented leap in human life expectancy - and what we must do to take advantage of it.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Why Survive: Being Old in America and founder, president and CEO of the International Longevity Center-USA (ILC-USA), Dr. Robert Butler coined the term "ageism" and made "Alzheimer's" a familiar word. Now he brings his formidable knowledge and experience in aging issues to a recent and unprecedented achievement: the extension of human life expectancy by thirty years. As Butler shows, our society has not yet adapted to this change.

By: Robert N. Butler, M.D.
Publisher: Public Affairs
Pub. Date: March 03, 2008
ISBN-13: 9781586485535

Dallas Morning News Looks at The Longevity Revolution

In an article covering the spectrum of aging issues, Bob Moos, who covers the aging beat for the Dallas Morning News, has these kind words to say about Dr. Butler and his tireless work on aging:

Dr. Butler keeps going and going because he's convinced that, sooner or later, he'll break through the public's indifference or denial about aging – much like Al Gore's single-mindedness about the dangers of global warming finally pricked the public's consciousness.

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