Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just about Everything

by Randi Hutter Epstein

Book Overview

Metabolism, behavior, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing, puberty, and sex: these are just a few of the things our bodies control with hormones. Armed with a healthy dose of wit and curiosity, medical journalist Randi Hutter Epstein takes us on a journey through the unusual history of these potent chemicals from a basement filled with jarred nineteenth-century brains to a twenty-first-century hormone clinic in Los Angeles.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393239608
• ISBN13: 9780393239607
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"