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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Roenneberg, Till. Internal time. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012 (DLC) 2011050230 (OCoLC)769471283 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Till Roenneberg |
| ISBN: | 0674065484 9780674065482 |
| OCLC Number: | 806492775 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 272 p.) : ill., maps |
| Contents: | Worlds apart Of early birds and long sleepers Counting sheep -- A curious astronomer -- The lost days -- The periodic shift worker -- The fast hamster -- Dawn at the gym -- The elusive transcript -- Temporal ecology -- Wait until dark -- The end of adolescence -- What a waste of time! -- Days on other planets -- When will my organs arrive? -- The scissors of sleep -- Early socialists-late capitalists -- Constant twilight -- From Frankfurt to Morocco and back -- Light at night -- Partnership timing -- A clock for all seasons -- Professional selection -- The nocturnal bottleneck. |
| Other Titles: | Wie wir ticken. |
| Responsibility: | Till Roenneberg. |
Abstract:
Early birds and night owls are born, not made. Sleep patterns are 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. By understanding and respecting our internal time, we can live better.
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