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Loading... Rhythms of Life: The Biological Clocks that Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thingby Russell G. Foster
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I'm not surprising that you could not get through it. Though this book is full of useful information, in general it is pretty boring. The authors did a good job hiding interesting stories in those obscure and difficult background and they are very rambling. If the content had been organized in another way and been more succinct, it would be a great read. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Popular science at its most exciting: the breaking new world of chronobiology - understanding the rhythm of life in humans and all plants and animals. 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 c No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)571.77Natural sciences and mathematics Life Sciences, Biology Physiology and related subjects Biological control and secretions PeriodicityLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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