Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream A Day in the Life of Your Body

Name: Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream A Day in the Life of Your Body
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ISBN: 9780547085609

ISBN-10: 0547085605

ISBN-13: 9780547085609

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jennifer Ackerman

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Did you know that you can tell time in your sleep? That women have more nightmares than men? Or that up to half of the calories you consume can be burned off simply by fidgeting? In Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream, acclaimed science writer Jennifer Ackerman takes us on an astonishing and illuminating tour of the human body during a typical day, from waking in the morning to the reverie of sleep and dreams. Most of us are familiar with the concept of circadian rhythm, the idea that the human body maintains its own internal clock. Recent scientific advances reveal the importance of synchronizing our actions with our biological rhythms -- and show how defying them can cause us real harm. With…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 10/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Jennifer Ackerman's most recent book is Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream : A Day in the Life of Your Body . Her previous books include Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity , and Notes from the Shore . A contributor to National Geographic , The New York Times , and many other publications, her articles and essays have been included in several anthologies, among them Best American Science Writing , The Nature Reader , and Best Nature Writing .