Her book completely challenges conventional thinking on hormones. The belief that our hormones control how we behave runs deep in both scientific and popular culture. Now Gail Vines examines this enduring belief, and her timely study illuminates the differences in the perceived role of hormones in women and men's lives. Circadian rhythms, light, sleep, as well as social environment, can influence the intricate chemical flow within our bodies.
Vines looks at the many ways that hormones are now being used to gain control over our lives.
The issue of control and the anxieties surrounding difference and equality form the leitmotif of Raging Hormones . Gail Vines is a science journalist living in Cambridge, England.