We all know what aging is, a process through we progressively become more vulnerable to diseases and disabilities
and eventually die. Aging is
growing older.
There are many special and
candidate theories regarding the causes of aging, each with its own group of proponents, and
each based on credible
research evidence.
Each such aging theory is valid in its own domain but explains only a small part of the
picture.
The author has studied 14
such theories and a number of additional
recently-identified
candidate theories
Twenty of these special and candidate theories of aging are
elaborated in the authors
treatise