Long life: Aging and the anxieties of longevity from the premodern to the present
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 20;47(3):100876. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed concerns around life span and aging, but these tensions and anxieties around longevity are not new. Physicians, scientists, and philosophers have been meditating on the idea and consequences of life extension for many centuries. In this short article, we put into conversation some of the ways that people have understood longevity from the early modern period to the present. We trace the history of texts like Alvise Cornaro's Treatise on the Sober Life through present-day dieting manuals...
Source: Endeavour - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Wechsler Hannah Marcus Source Type: research
Long life: Aging and the anxieties of longevity from the premodern to the present
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 20;47(3):100876. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed concerns around life span and aging, but these tensions and anxieties around longevity are not new. Physicians, scientists, and philosophers have been meditating on the idea and consequences of life extension for many centuries. In this short article, we put into conversation some of the ways that people have understood longevity from the early modern period to the present. We trace the history of texts like Alvise Cornaro's Treatise on the Sober Life through present-day dieting manuals...
Source: Endeavour - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Wechsler Hannah Marcus Source Type: research
Long life: Aging and the anxieties of longevity from the premodern to the present
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 20;47(3):100876. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed concerns around life span and aging, but these tensions and anxieties around longevity are not new. Physicians, scientists, and philosophers have been meditating on the idea and consequences of life extension for many centuries. In this short article, we put into conversation some of the ways that people have understood longevity from the early modern period to the present. We trace the history of texts like Alvise Cornaro's Treatise on the Sober Life through present-day dieting manuals...
Source: Endeavour - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Wechsler Hannah Marcus Source Type: research
Long life: Aging and the anxieties of longevity from the premodern to the present
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 20;47(3):100876. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed concerns around life span and aging, but these tensions and anxieties around longevity are not new. Physicians, scientists, and philosophers have been meditating on the idea and consequences of life extension for many centuries. In this short article, we put into conversation some of the ways that people have understood longevity from the early modern period to the present. We trace the history of texts like Alvise Cornaro's Treatise on the Sober Life through present-day dieting manuals...
Source: Endeavour - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Wechsler Hannah Marcus Source Type: research
Long life: Aging and the anxieties of longevity from the premodern to the present
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 20;47(3):100876. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed concerns around life span and aging, but these tensions and anxieties around longevity are not new. Physicians, scientists, and philosophers have been meditating on the idea and consequences of life extension for many centuries. In this short article, we put into conversation some of the ways that people have understood longevity from the early modern period to the present. We trace the history of texts like Alvise Cornaro's Treatise on the Sober Life through present-day dieting manuals...
Source: Endeavour - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Wechsler Hannah Marcus Source Type: research
Long life: Aging and the anxieties of longevity from the premodern to the present
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 20;47(3):100876. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed concerns around life span and aging, but these tensions and anxieties around longevity are not new. Physicians, scientists, and philosophers have been meditating on the idea and consequences of life extension for many centuries. In this short article, we put into conversation some of the ways that people have understood longevity from the early modern period to the present. We trace the history of texts like Alvise Cornaro's Treatise on the Sober Life through present-day dieting manuals...
Source: Endeavour - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Wechsler Hannah Marcus Source Type: research
Long life: Aging and the anxieties of longevity from the premodern to the present
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 20;47(3):100876. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed concerns around life span and aging, but these tensions and anxieties around longevity are not new. Physicians, scientists, and philosophers have been meditating on the idea and consequences of life extension for many centuries. In this short article, we put into conversation some of the ways that people have understood longevity from the early modern period to the present. We trace the history of texts like Alvise Cornaro's Treatise on the Sober Life through present-day dieting manuals...
Source: Endeavour - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Wechsler Hannah Marcus Source Type: research
Long life: Aging and the anxieties of longevity from the premodern to the present
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 20;47(3):100876. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed concerns around life span and aging, but these tensions and anxieties around longevity are not new. Physicians, scientists, and philosophers have been meditating on the idea and consequences of life extension for many centuries. In this short article, we put into conversation some of the ways that people have understood longevity from the early modern period to the present. We trace the history of texts like Alvise Cornaro's Treatise on the Sober Life through present-day dieting manuals...
Source: Endeavour - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Wechsler Hannah Marcus Source Type: research
Long life: Aging and the anxieties of longevity from the premodern to the present
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 20;47(3):100876. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed concerns around life span and aging, but these tensions and anxieties around longevity are not new. Physicians, scientists, and philosophers have been meditating on the idea and consequences of life extension for many centuries. In this short article, we put into conversation some of the ways that people have understood longevity from the early modern period to the present. We trace the history of texts like Alvise Cornaro's Treatise on the Sober Life through present-day dieting manuals...
Source: Endeavour - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Wechsler Hannah Marcus Source Type: research
Long life: Aging and the anxieties of longevity from the premodern to the present
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 20;47(3):100876. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed concerns around life span and aging, but these tensions and anxieties around longevity are not new. Physicians, scientists, and philosophers have been meditating on the idea and consequences of life extension for many centuries. In this short article, we put into conversation some of the ways that people have understood longevity from the early modern period to the present. We trace the history of texts like Alvise Cornaro's Treatise on the Sober Life through present-day dieting manuals...
Source: Endeavour - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Wechsler Hannah Marcus Source Type: research
Long life: Aging and the anxieties of longevity from the premodern to the present
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 20;47(3):100876. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed concerns around life span and aging, but these tensions and anxieties around longevity are not new. Physicians, scientists, and philosophers have been meditating on the idea and consequences of life extension for many centuries. In this short article, we put into conversation some of the ways that people have understood longevity from the early modern period to the present. We trace the history of texts like Alvise Cornaro's Treatise on the Sober Life through present-day dieting manuals...
Source: Endeavour - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Wechsler Hannah Marcus Source Type: research
Long life: Aging and the anxieties of longevity from the premodern to the present
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 20;47(3):100876. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed concerns around life span and aging, but these tensions and anxieties around longevity are not new. Physicians, scientists, and philosophers have been meditating on the idea and consequences of life extension for many centuries. In this short article, we put into conversation some of the ways that people have understood longevity from the early modern period to the present. We trace the history of texts like Alvise Cornaro's Treatise on the Sober Life through present-day dieting manuals...
Source: Endeavour - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Wechsler Hannah Marcus Source Type: research
"In the shape of a cooking pot over the fire": Records of solar prominences in the 1180s
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 8;47(3):100875. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100875. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe second half of the 1180s witnessed an unusual number of solar eclipses visible within Europe in quick succession. These were recorded or referenced in a wide range of sources, from chronicles in Latin and Old Church Slavonic to the earliest epic poem from the medieval Rus'. A comparison between key elements of these accounts reveals several notable features. First, the identification of solar prominences. The account of the 1185 total eclipse from the Rus' Laurentian Chronicle is well established in this context as t...
Source: Endeavour - September 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Giles E M Gasper Brian K Tanner Source Type: research
"In the shape of a cooking pot over the fire": Records of solar prominences in the 1180s
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 8;47(3):100875. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100875. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe second half of the 1180s witnessed an unusual number of solar eclipses visible within Europe in quick succession. These were recorded or referenced in a wide range of sources, from chronicles in Latin and Old Church Slavonic to the earliest epic poem from the medieval Rus'. A comparison between key elements of these accounts reveals several notable features. First, the identification of solar prominences. The account of the 1185 total eclipse from the Rus' Laurentian Chronicle is well established in this context as t...
Source: Endeavour - September 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Giles E M Gasper Brian K Tanner Source Type: research
"In the shape of a cooking pot over the fire": Records of solar prominences in the 1180s
Endeavour. 2023 Sep 8;47(3):100875. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100875. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe second half of the 1180s witnessed an unusual number of solar eclipses visible within Europe in quick succession. These were recorded or referenced in a wide range of sources, from chronicles in Latin and Old Church Slavonic to the earliest epic poem from the medieval Rus'. A comparison between key elements of these accounts reveals several notable features. First, the identification of solar prominences. The account of the 1185 total eclipse from the Rus' Laurentian Chronicle is well established in this context as t...
Source: Endeavour - September 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Giles E M Gasper Brian K Tanner Source Type: research
