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Subtitle: a day in the life of your body
By: Jennifer Ackerman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780618187584
Subjects: Physiological Processes; Human body; Popular Works; Human physiology; Popular works
Description: Follows a typical day in the life of the human body, from the early morning wakeup to the nighttime return to sleep, revealing the rhythmic cycles that control the body and demonstrating the importance of synchronizing one's actions to these biological rhythms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-235) and index.
Table of contents: title: Morning. Arousal; title: Making sense; title: Wit; title: Midday. The teeth of noon; title: Post-lunch; title: Afternoon. The doldrums; title: Strung out; title: In motion; title: Evening. Party face; title: Night. Bewitched; title: Night airs; title: Sleep; title: Hour of the wolf.