Years are picky. Notes of a gerontologist

You are in front of you, covering half a century of scientific life. Interesting cultural memories resurrect the little -known pages of the history of our country. Vladimir Nikolaevich Anisimov talks about his professional and personally formation: how he sought to become a doctor, he studied at a medical school, then at the I Leningrad Medical Institute, how he defended his candidate and doctoral dissertations, but at the same time went to virgin lands and to construction teams. This book is an example of solid memoirist. It will be interesting to a wide circle of readers looking for a true story about the Soviet era. But the book is especially useful for future doctors and scientists: many situations described by the author have pedagogical significance. The technological revolution taking place before our eyes in molecular biology and deciphering the genome of organisms that differ significantly in life expectancy, reveal new opportunities both for studying the genetic foundations of longevity and for the development of means that prevent premature aging and improving the quality of life of the elderly. Member - RAS correspondent, doctor honey. Sciences, professor, honored science of the Russian Federation, President of the Gerontological Society V. N. Anisimov develops the idea that longevity depends not only on the genes that fate awarded us, but also on their own choice of lifestyle.