Crossing frontiers: gerontology emerges as a science

Introduction Two Precursors Keywords OLD AGE BECOMES A 'PROBLEM' WORTH INVESTIGATING SCIENTIFICALLY 1. Surveying the Frontiers of Aging 2. Setting Boundaries for Disciplined Discoveries 3. Establishing Outposts for Multidisciplinary Research on Aging GERONTOLOGY TAKES SHAPE IN THE ERA OF BIG SCIENCE 4. Organizing the Gerontological Society to Promote Interdisciplinary Research Amid Disciplinary and Professional Constriction 5. Risk-taking in the Modern Research University - The Fate of Multidisciplinary Institutes on Aging 6. The Federal Government as Sponsor, Producer, and Consumer of Research on Aging 7. Gerontology in the Service of America's Aging Veterans Conclusion The Current State of the Field Reconstructing Gerontology

# Aging and Gerontology Research # Psychology # History of Science and Medicine # Arts and Humanities # Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration

(1996). "Crossing frontiers: gerontology emerges as a science". Choice Reviews Online. https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.34-1240