Rhythms of life
Subtitle: the biological clocks that control the daily lives of every living thing
By: Russell G. Foster & Leon Kreitzman.
Contributors: Kreitzman, Leon.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Haven, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Biological rhythms
Description: "Russell Foster and Leon Kreitzman explain the significance of the biological clock, showing how it has played an essential role in evolution and why it continues to play a vitally important role in all living organisms."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-269) and index.
Table of contents: title: The day within and the day without; title: Telling time; title: Oscillators, clocks and hourglasses; title: The challenge of daily change; title: The search for the clock; title: Light on the clock; title: The molecular clock: protein 'tick' and RNA 'tock'; title: A few species and many clocks; title: The changing seasons; title: Clockwork evolution; title: Sleep and performance; title: SAD shifts; title: Time to take your medicine; title: Future times: uchronia or dyschronia.