Durk Pearson
Durk Pearson | |
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Born | 1943 (age 80–81) Illinois |
Occupation | writer and life extension advocate |
Nationality | American |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Notable works | Life Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach |
Durk Pearson (born 1943 in Illinois) is a research scientist best known for coauthoring a series of books on longevity, beginning with Life Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach.
Early life
While a student at the
Career
Pearson has patents in the area of oil shale and tar sands recovery,[2] lasers, holography and supplement formulations.[3] Pearson assisted with equipment design and experiments for NASA's Space Shuttle.[4] Pearson is also an International Society for Testing and Failure Analysis honoree.[5]
Publications
Pearson and
Television, film, and video
Pearson and Shaw wrote, designed the stunts, and acted as technical advisors for a 1978 episode of
Court case on dietary supplements
Pearson and Shaw in a civil action challenged the constitutional validity of several U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") regulations that require sellers of dietary supplements to obtain FDA authorization before labeling such supplements with "health claims." In ruling against the FDA, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that the supplement health claims were constitutionally protected free speech.[12]
References
- ^ "Weight loss without dieting, exercise?"
- ^ "Recovery System for shale deposits"
- ^ "Free Patents Online:Durk Pearson"
- ^ "Two Fitness Faddists Have a No. 1 Best-Seller, but Are They Stretching Life Spans or Truth?"
- ^ "BP negligence condoned by Obama administration" Archived 2010-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Review/Television; "On Aging, or Rather Avoidance of It"
- ^ "Recent Titles Focus on Diet, Training"[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Tremendous nothing made interesting"
- ^ "Two Fitness Faddists Have a No. 1 Best-Seller, but Are They Stretching Life Spans or Truth?"
- ^ "New York Times: Brain Storm (1983) Production Credits"
- ^ "This Dirty Harry fails to make his day"
- ^ "164 F. 3d 650 - Pearson v. E Shalala"