The Encyclopedia of Aging
Subtitle: A Comprehensive Resource in Gerontology and Geriatrics 2 volume set (Encyclopedia of Aging)
Contributors: George L. Maddox (Editor); Robert C. Atchley (Editor); J. Grimley Evans (Editor); Robert B. Hudson (Editor); Rosalie A. Kane (Editor); Edward J. Masoro (Editor); Mathy Doval Mezey (Editor); Leonard W. Poon (Editor); Ilene C. Siegler (Editor)
Edition: 3rd Ed edition
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: March 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1235
ISBN-13: 9780826148421
Subjects: Medicine: General Issues; Social Science; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Aging (Biology); Social Gerontology; Gerontology; Sociology; Encyclopedias; Older people
First sentence: Systematic exploration of the domain of inteIIectual development began in the 1930s with the study of children and young adults and eventually produced several taxonomies of abilities intended to identify the "building blocks of the mind."