TY - BOOK AU - Pearson,Helen TI - The life project: the extraordinary story of our ordinary lives SN - 9781846148262 (hbk.) : AV - HB3583.A3 U1 - 304.60941 23 PY - 2016/// CY - [London] PB - Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books KW - Panel analysis KW - Population research KW - Great Britain KW - 20th century KW - Demographic surveys KW - History KW - Population KW - Longitudinal studies KW - Social conditions N1 - Place of publication taken from publisher's web site; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - On 5th March 1946 a survey began that is, today, the longest-running study of human development in the world, and has grown to encompass six generations of children and over 150,000 people. They have become some of the best-studied people on the planet. The simple act of observing human life has changed the way we are born, schooled, parent and die, and irrevocably altered our understanding of inequality and health. This is the tale of these studies, the scientists who created and sustain them, the discoveries that have come from them. The envy of scientists around the world, they are one of Britain's best-kept secrets ER -