Life Expectancy Summary
Dean Koontz

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Life Expectancy Summary

Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz is a daring leap into the darker side of human nature. When Rudy Tock and his wife, Madelaine, go to the hospital to have their son, Jimmy, events coalesce that will affect this family for many years to come. Rudy's father, Josef, predicts five terrible days in Jimmy's life right before he dies, which happens just as Jimmy is being born. At the same time, Jimmy's...

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Encyclopedia Articles (6)

Aging and Life Span

1,059 words, approx. 4 pages

Aging and Life Span Aging is, simply put, the act of getting older. Aging is part of the natural life cycle of an organism. From birth, through maturation, and eventually to death, aging is the elemen... Read more

Aging

745 words, approx. 3 pages

Aging Aging is the natural effect of time and the environment on living organisms. These normal developmental changes include all which occur from embryonic and fetal development through senescence an... Read more

Aging and Life Expectancy

1,201 words, approx. 5 pages

Aging and Life Expectancy Aging is defined as the general physical deterioration of an organism ending eventually in death. In 1513, Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon landed in Florida, searching for the... Read more

Aging

2,920 words, approx. 10 pages

Aging Aging is a progressive, predictable process in which gradual changes not caused by disease or accident occur over time. Aging affects both the body and the mind. Some age-related changes start a... Read more

Aging

485 words, approx. 2 pages

Aging Aging, or senescence, involves irreversible changes in organisms that eventually lead to death. In plants, for instance, the hormone ethylene, causes aging. Aging occurs in leaves when they fall... Read more

Life Expectancy

3,738 words, approx. 13 pages

Life Expectancy Life expectancy (or the expectation of life) is the average length of life remaining to be lived by a population at a given age. It is computed in the process of building a life table ... Read more

Dean Koontz Biographies (2)

Dean R. Koontz

2,380 words, approx. 8 pages

Dean R. Koontz is an acknowledged master of a hybrid class of books that combine suspense, horror, romance, and science fiction. His more than seventy books have sold in the millions and have been ada... Read more

Dean R(ay) Koontz

7,910 words, approx. 27 pages

Dean Koontz is one of the best-known names in popular fiction. He is a prolific writer with more than seventy novels to his name in addition to nonfiction books, articles, and short stories. While he ... Read more

Essays & Analysis (1)

Aging

372 words, approx. 2 pages

People are more likely to live long enough to get old in wealthy countries than in poor countries. In rich countries; people have nutritious food, modern medical care, good sanitation, and cle... Read more

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