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An introduction to a basic property of life, one mostly unknown to science and the public until the latter half of the last century: humans, plants, and animals have within their bodies a kind of clock that synchronizes much of what they do with the time of day, the seasons or the tides.

Chronobiology --- Biological time --- Biology --- Time --- Biological rhythms. --- Jet lag.

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Neurosciences. --- Chronobiology. --- Biological time --- Biology --- Time --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system

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Early birds and night owls are born, not made. Sleep patterns may be the most obvious manifestation of the highly individualized biological clocks we inherit, but these clocks also regulate bodily functions from digestion to hormone levels to cognition. Living at odds with our internal timepieces, Till Roenneberg shows, can make us chronically sleep deprived and more likely to smoke, gain weight, feel depressed, fall ill, and fail geometry. By understanding and respecting our internal time, we can live better.Internal Time combines storytelling with accessible science tutorials to explain how our internal clocks work-for example, why morning classes are so unpopular and why "lazy" adolescents are wise to avoid them. We learn why the constant twilight of our largely indoor lives makes us dependent on alarm clocks and tired, and why social demands and work schedules lead to a social jet lag that compromises our daily functioning.Many of the factors that make us early or late "chronotypes" are beyond our control, but that doesn't make us powerless. Roenneberg recommends that the best way to sync our internal time with our external environment and feel better is to get more sunlight. Such simple steps as cycling to work and eating breakfast outside may be the tickets to a good night's sleep, better overall health, and less grouchiness in the morning.

Chronobiology. --- Biological rhythms. --- Biological clocks --- Biology --- Biorhythms --- Endogenous rhythms --- Living clocks --- Rhythms, Biological --- Chronobiology --- Cycles --- Pacemaker cells --- Biological time --- Time --- Periodicity

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Biological rhythms are a fundamental property of all life and encompass a wide range of frequencies, from seconds to a century or more. Introducing Biological Rhythms is a primer that serves to introduce individuals to the area of biological rhythms. It describes the major characteristics and discusses the implications and applications of these rhythms, while citing scientific results and references. Also, the primer includes essays that provide in-depth historic and other background information for those interested in more specific topics or concepts. Introducing Biological Rhythms covers a basic cross-section of the field of chronobiology clearly enough so that it can be understood by a novice, or an undergraduate student, but it is also sufficiently technical and detailed for the scientist. "[Koukkari and Sothern] deal with the basic information at the beginning of the book and with applications at the end. The Essays attached to each chapter are very useful digressions and the ‘Take Home Message’ a good idea." - Dr. B. Millet, Université de Franche-Comté (Besançon, France).

Biological rhythms. --- Chronobiology. --- Biological time --- Biology --- Time --- Biological clocks --- Biorhythms --- Endogenous rhythms --- Living clocks --- Rhythms, Biological --- Chronobiology --- Cycles --- Pacemaker cells --- Periodicity --- Life sciences. --- Botany. --- Animal physiology. --- Biodiversity. --- Life Sciences, general. --- Plant Sciences. --- Animal Physiology. --- Animal physiology --- Animals --- Anatomy --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Plants --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Physiology --- Plant science. --- Floristic botany

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Do intertidal organisms simply respond to the rise and fall of tides, or do they possess biological timing and navigation mechanisms that allow them to anticipate when conditions are most favourable? How are the patterns of growth, development and reproduction of some marine plants and animals related to changes in day-length or to phases of the moon? The author describes how marine organisms, from single cells to vertebrates, on sea shores, in estuaries and in the open ocean, have evolved inbuilt biological clockwork and synchronisation mechanisms which control rhythmic processes and navigational behaviour, permitting successful exploitation of highly variable and often hostile environments. Adopting a hypothesis-testing and experimental approach, the book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of marine biology, marine ecology, animal behaviour, oceanography and other biological sciences and also as an introduction for researchers, including physiologists, biochemists and molecular biologists entering the field of chronobiology.

Marine biology --- Chronobiology --- Marine animals --- Biologie marine --- Chronobiologie --- Life cycles --- Marine biology. --- Chronobiology. --- Life cycles. --- Marine fauna --- Ocean animals --- Sea animals --- Aquatic animals --- Marine organisms --- Biological time --- Biology --- Time --- Biological oceanography --- Ocean biology --- Oceanic biology --- Sea biology --- Aquatic biology --- Marine sciences --- Intertidal organisms --- Intertidal animals --- Biological rhythms. --- Physiology. --- Biological clocks --- Biorhythms --- Endogenous rhythms --- Living clocks --- Rhythms, Biological --- Cycles --- Pacemaker cells --- Intertidal fauna --- Seashore animals --- Coastal organisms --- Aquatic organisms --- Periodicity