The Longevity RevolutionThe Benefits & Challenges of Living a Long LifeA 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. | |
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PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
"Dr. Robert Butler's experience and expertise make his book an invaluable contribution to what is an increasingly vital issue in our society. His work has long been an inspiration to Jimmy and me in our own work in this field." ~ Rosalynn Carter, former First Lady
"Dr. Robert Butler brilliantly describes the challenges of an aging population and offers provocative solutions that bust through myths hindering us from taking advantage of the Longevity Revolution." ~ Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
"Once every generation or so, a genuine intellectual pioneer emerges who sees the truly defining issues of our time and our collective future. Demographics and aging are clearly two such issues. And, as this book demonstrates yet again, Robert Butler has thought longer and deeper about these issues than anyone I know. He is a model for us all." ~ Peter G. Peterson, former Secretary of Commerce and Chairman of Peterson Institute
"This remarkable book demonstrates Butler's extensive knowledge of all aspects of aging. Recommended for large academic and aging collections." ~ Karen McNally Bensing - Library Journal
"There is probably no one who knows more about aging than Butler, who coined the term "ageism," and founded the federal National Institute on Aging and the first medical school department of geriatrics." ~ Publisher's Weekly
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