The timing of biological clocks / Arthur T. Winfree.
Material type: TextSeries: New York Scientific American Library 1987Description: xi, 199 p. : ill. (some col.)ISBN: 071675018X; 9780716750185Subject(s): Circadian rhythms | Biological rhythms | Biological Clocks | Circadian RhythmItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Lagos Study Centre | QH527 .W56 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0814698 |
1. Time zones -- 2. The ebb and flow of consciousness -- 3. Jumping between time zones -- 4. Convergence of time zones -- 5. Crystals of living time -- 6. Collective rhythmicity in a community of clocks -- 7. The singularities of biochemical clocks -- 8. Circadian dynamics and its evolution -- 9. The shape of the future.
Explores the many aspects of circadian rhythms, from jet lag to biorhythms to "forbidden phases" of sleep when one cannot awaken spontaneously.
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