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Bill Gifford is a contributing editor for Outside magazine and has written on science, sports, and fitness for numerous publications including Wired, Businessweek, Men's Health, Men's Journal, Slate, and The New Republic. He has been features editor of Men's Journal and executive editor of mostrar mais Philadelphia magazine. He is the author of several books including Ledyard: In Search of the First American Explorer, Catholic Worker Daze, and Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying). (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity (2023) — Contribuinte — 541 cópias

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I'm a fan of well-researched, well-written, science-based books on topics dealing with the human body, so I knew Gifford's text would be right up my alley. Still, I hadn't expected to enjoy it quite so much! Gifford is observant, funny, and down-to-earth. Filtering the science through his accessible journalistic expression humanizes the findings in a way that makes them both profoundly fascinating and, at times, downright mindboggling. I also appreciated Gifford's common-sense conclusions (like "use it or lose it") precisely for their lack of sensationalism.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who'd like to learn more about the difference between what science REALLY says about aging versus what the snake oil salesmen are trying to sell you.
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Elizabeth_Cooper | outras 4 resenhas | Oct 27, 2023 |
Fantastic and a very accessible read on longevity and the scientific progress in this domain. Busts many myths about the practices like caloric restriction, intermittent fasting, exposure to extreme cold showers and in general about High-Intensity-Interval-Training. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
 
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Santhosh_Guru | outras 4 resenhas | Oct 19, 2023 |
This is a very good biography of a little known early American adventurer, John Ledyard (1751-1789), a contemporary and friend of Thomas Jefferson. Gifford's writing is exceptional, and he went the extra mile, spending a rough week on a replica Napoleonic-era ship as a deck hand, and traveling across Russia. These experiences intersperse the text giving it an extra dimension of interest. Ledyard himself is a difficult subject because he never actually accomplished anything, yet did great things. He is of a type we might recognize, a handsome and personable rouge who never settles down, living his dreams and inspiring those around him. Except for certain Russian traders, who saw him a threat to their territory, which is the same thing that happened to his contemporary, Mungo Park, who was attacked by Arab traders because he was a threat to their trade monopoly in Africa. Both men were the tip of the spear of a colonialism surge that followed in the 19th century, first travelers to terra incognita. Joseph Banks, Lewis and Clark, Captain Cook and so many more. It's useful to think of America as a colonial enterprise, a colonizing people, a spirit that is for better or worse still ingrained in its character with Ledyard an early American archetype.… (mais)
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