Why Biogerontologists Should Not Write Popular Books on Aging

Cheating Time: Science, Sex, and Aging, by Roger Gosden. W. H. Freeman & Company, New York, 1996, 427 pp., $23.95 (cloth). The Clock of Ages: Why We Age, How We Age, Winding Back the Clock, by John J. Medina. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1996, 322 pp., no price listed (cloth). The Longevity Strategy: How to Live to 100 Using the Brain-Body Connection, by David Mahoney and Richard Restak. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1998, 250 pp., $22.95 (cloth). Why We Age: What Science Is Discovering About the Body's Journey Through Life, by Steven N. Austad. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1997, 244 pp., $24.95 (cloth).