The Rhythms Of Life: The Biological Clocks That Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing

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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 re the rest of us really 'larks' or 'owls' Why are most people born (and die) between 3am and 5am And should patients be given medicines (and operations) at set times of the 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.

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'A fascinating mine of information ... this is essential reading.' The Independent 'An intriguing and highly detailed account of circadian rhythms.' Observer 'Foster is a pioneer who takes readers on a captivating journey ... it is time that the profound knowledge of clock research reaches everyone in society; this book does an excellent job in this campaign' Nature 'Humans, like all other living creatures, live in and by time, but increasingly in our 24/7 society the deep evolutionarily conserved rhythms on which our lives have depended have become disturbed by a digitized clockwise form of time. In this accessible and richly informed book Russell Foster and Leon Kreitzman explore the meaning, significance and mechanism of these ancient biological clocks in our own day-to day lives and those too of other life forms on earth.' Professor Steven Rose

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Leon Kreitzman is a consultant and biologist and the author of 24 Hour Society.