An Introduction to the History of Chronobiology, Volume 3: Metaphors, Models, and Mechanisms

by Jole Shackelford

In three volumes, historian Jole Shackelford delineates the history of the study of biological rhythms--now widely known as chronobiology--from antiquity into the twentieth century. Perhaps the most well-known biological rhythm is the circadian rhythm, tied to the cycles of day and night and often referred to as the "body clock." But there are many other biological rhythms, and although scientists and the natural philosophers who preceded them have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822947331
• ISBN13: 9780822947332
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"