The Rhythms Of Life: The Biological Clocks That Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing by Leon Kreitzman; Russell Foster; Wolpert, Lewis - 2004

Profile Books(GB), 2004. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Profile Books, 2004. Hardcover. Like New/Fine . 6x1x9. Illustrated. The entire natural world is full of rhythms. The early bird catches the worm -and migrates to an internal calendar. Dormice hibernate away the winter. Plants open and close their flowers at the same hour each day. Bees search out nectar-rich flowers day after day. There are cicadas that can breed for only two weeks every 17 years. And in humans: why are people who work anti-social shifts more illness prone and die younger? What is jet-lag and can anything help? Why do teenagers refuse to get up in the morning, and are the rest of us really larks' or owls? Why are most people born (and die) between 3am-5am? And should patients be given medicines (and operations) at set times of day, because the body reacts so differently in the morning, evening and at night? The answers lie in our biological clocks the mechanisms which give order to all living things. They impose a structure that enables us to change our behavior in relation to… Read More

Profile Books, 26/02/2004 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 3.3974 in x 23.3822 in x 15.5881 in.

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