Internal time : chronotypes, social jet lag, and why you're so tired /

Internal time : chronotypes, social jet lag, and why you're so tired /

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Author / Creator:Roenneberg, Till.
Uniform title:Wie wir ticken. English
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 272 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Subject:
Chronobiology.
Biological rhythms.
Biological Clocks.
Chronobiology Phenomena.
Circadian Rhythm.
Biological rhythms.
Chronobiology.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11141113
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ISBN:0674065484
9780674065482
0674069692
9780674069695
9780674065857
0674065859
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Translated from the German.
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
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Summary:Internal Time combines storytelling with accessible science tutorials to explain how our internal clocks work--for example, why morning classes are so unpopular and why "lazy" adolescents are wise to avoid them. We learn why the constant twilight of our largely indoor lives makes us dependent on alarm clocks and tired, and why social demands and work schedules lead to a social jet lag that compromises our daily functioning. --from publisher description
Other form:Print version: Roenneberg, Till. Wie wir ticken. English. Internal time. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012 9780674065857
Standard no.:10.4159/harvard.9780674065482
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Winner of a British Medical Association Book Award
A Brain Pickings Best Science Book of the Year

Early birds and night owls are born, not made. Sleep patterns may be the most obvious manifestation of the highly individualized biological clocks we inherit, but these clocks also regulate bodily functions from digestion to hormone levels to cognition. Living at odds with our internal timepieces, Till Roenneberg shows, can make us chronically sleep deprived and more likely to smoke, gain weight, feel depressed, fall ill, and fail geometry. By understanding and respecting our internal time, we can live better.

" Internal Time is a cautionary tale--actually a series of 24 tales, not coincidentally. Roenneberg ranges widely from the inner workings of biological rhythms to their social implications, illuminating each scientific tutorial with an anecdote inspired by clinical research...Written with grace and good humor, Internal Time is a serious work of science incorporating the latest research in chronobiology...[A] compelling volume."
--A. Roger Ekirch, Wall Street Journal

"This is a fascinating introduction to an important topic, which will appeal to anyone who wishes to delve deep into the world of chronobiology, or simply wonders why they struggle to get a good night's sleep."
--Richard Wiseman, New Scientist

Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 272 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0674065484
9780674065482
0674069692
9780674069695
9780674065857
0674065859

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