The Way of All Flesh: A Celebration of Decay

by Midas Dekkers

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As old age takes its toll people try to resist and retain their youth. Midas Dekkers argues that humans should accept decay in a similar manner to the changes of the seasons and the natural decay process in plants.

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Midas Dekkers was born in 1946 in Harlem, the Netherlands and is his country's most popular writer-biologist. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Hempen, Ute (Translator)

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The Way of All Flesh: A Celebration of Decay
Original title
De vergankelijkheid
Original publication date
1997

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Nonfiction, Science & Nature, History
DDC/MDS
612.6Applied science & technologyMedicine & healthHuman Body SystemsReproduction; Development; Maturation
LCC
QH529 .D4513ScienceNatural history – BiologyBiology (General)Life
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Dutch, English, German
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