Living Clock The Orchestrator of Biological Rhythms

Name: Living Clock The Orchestrator of Biological Rhythms
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ISBN: 9780195143409

ISBN-10: 019514340X

ISBN-13: 9780195143409

Edition: 2002

Authors: John D. Palmer

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This book is an introduction to a basic property of life, one mostly unknown to science and the public until the latter half of the last century: Humans, plants, and animals have within their bodies a kind of clock that synchronizes much of what they do throughout their lives to the time of day and the seasons, and in the case of the sea-dwelling organisms, the tides. This timepiece performs its service autonomously - it rules silently within us without us giving a thought to it.Three chapters are devoted to the human clock: its disruptive action in transmeridional travel and shift work, its oversight in most every aspect of our physiology, and how doctors being aware of its action can save…

Book details

List price: $38.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/14/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.23" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

John D. Palmer is associate professor in the Department of Educational Studies at Colgate University.



Preface



Introduction to Rhythms and Clocks



Human Rhythms: Basic Processes



Rhythmic Pharmacology



Jet Lag can be a Drag



Daily Rhythm in Single-Cell Organisms



Rhythms in Shore Dwellers



Some Animal Rhythms



A Few Plant Clocks



Denouement: The Living Clock


Notes


Suggested Readings


Figure Credits


Index