Rhythms of life : the biological clocks that control the daily lives of every living thing /
Russell G. Foster & Leon Kreitzman.
- New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2005.
- x, 278 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-271) and index.
The day within and the day without -- Telling time -- Oscillators, clocks and hourglasses -- The challenge of daily change -- The search for the clock -- Light on the clock --The molecular clock: protein 'tick' and RNA 'tock' -- A few species and many clocks -- The changing seasons -- Clockwork evolution -- Sleep and performance -- SAD shifts -- Time to take your medicine -- Future times: uchronia or dyschronia.