"How to Live: Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science" by Irving Fisher is an informative guide from the early 1900s, created to improve people's lives through better health practices using the science known at the time. It focuses on helping people live longer and feel better by providing advice on things like what to eat, how to exercise, and how to create a healthy environment. The book starts by talking about the Life Extension Institute and its goal of teaching people about health and preventing disease. It explains that being healthy means more than just not being sick; it means actively working to be strong and full of energy by making good choices about air, food, and lifestyle, setting the stage for a healthier and more satisfying life.
How to Live: Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science
By Irving Fisher
Discover how to achieve a longer, more vibrant life through updated guidelines from the early 20th century regarding diet, exercise, and lifestyle practices.
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About the AuthorIrving Fisher was an American economist, statistician, inventor, eugenicist and progressive social campaigner. He was one of the earliest American neoclassical economists, though his later work on debt deflation has been embraced by the post-Keynesian school. Joseph Schumpeter described him as "the greatest economist the United States has ever produced", an assessment later repeated by James Tobin and Milton Friedman.
Irving Fisher was an American economist, statistician, inventor, eugenicist and progressive social campaigner. He was one of the earliest American neoclassical economists, though his later work on debt deflation has been embraced by the post-Keynesian school. Joseph Schumpeter described him as "the greatest economist the United States has ever produced", an assessment later repeated by James Tobin and Milton Friedman.
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