Circadian Rhythms: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

Foster, Russell G.

 
9780198717683: Circadian Rhythms: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
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ISBN 10: 0198717687 ISBN 13: 9780198717683
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2017

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An overview of how organisms' chronobiological processes work, covering topics like light, metabolism, human health, and the seasons.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Russell Foster is Professor of Circadian Neuroscience and the Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at Oxford University. His research spans basic and applied circadian and photoreceptor biology. For his discovery of non-rod, non-cone ocular photoreceptors he has been awarded the Honma prize (Japan), Cogan award (USA), and Zoological Society Scientific & Edride-Green Medals (UK). He has also written several books, such as Rhythms of Life, co-authored with Leon Kreitzman (Profile Books, 2004) and Sleep: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2012).

Leon Kreitzman is an esteemed author, biologist and broadcaster who is currently a visiting consultant at the Nuffield Health Centre at Oxford University. He has written numerous articles and books on the social and scientific factors of chronobiology, including The 24 Hour Society (Profile Books, 1999).

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Verlag
Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0198717687
ISBN 13 
9780198717683
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
144
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