Cracking the Aging Code
The New Science of Growing Old - And What It Means for Staying Young

I was generous with 2 stars. This entire book is simply trying to prove (to the public, or the science community, I couldn't tell where it was aimed) that group selection is the main culprit behind why we are programmed to age. They do this by attacking the viewpoint of every single other theory acc......more

This polemical book does more disservice than service overall. The authors have three agendas: - sow seeds against theoretical evolutionary sciences to promote their favourite group selection theories - link group selection conclusions to the concept of ageing as their own revolutionary idea - promote w......more

The authors try too hard to rewrite natural selection. Quite painful to read the first half of the book. I considered to leave the book unfinished but quite happy I skipped many pages instead. All in all, I only enjoyed the bits about calorie-restrictions and telomerase.......more

Lots of information about the foundations of evolution theory, genetic science, scientific biases and experimental results on aging that are counter-intuitive but compelling. In a nutshell if you want to prolong lifespan, you should probably take a daily dose of aspirin and vitamin D for starters. M......more

For a book dedicated to cracking the aging code, it sure does spend a lot of time denying the sciences of modern evolution, which he repeatedly undermines as “Neo Darwinian evolution”, a word which he will not hesitate to bring up a million times, which is funny because Josh Mitteldorf is apparently......more