Internal Time

Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired

Till Roenneberg

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$28.00 • £22.95 • €25.00

ISBN 9780674065857

Publication Date: 04/30/2012

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288 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

1 halftone, 40 line illustrations

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Introduction
1. Worlds Apart
2. Of Early Birds and Long Sleepers
3. Counting Sheep
4. A Curious Astronomer
5. The Lost Days
6. The Periodic Shift Worker
7. The Fast Hamster
8. Dawn at the Gym
9. The Elusive Transcript
10. Temporal Ecology
11. Wait until Dark
12. The End of Adolescence
13. What a Waste of Time!
14. Days on Other Planets
15. When Will My Organs Arrive?
16. The Scissors of Sleep
17. Early Socialists, Late Capitalists
18. Constant Twilight
19. From Frankfurt to Morocco and Back
20. Light at Night
21. Partnership Timing
22. A Clock for All Seasons
23. Professional Selection
24. The Nocturnal Bottleneck
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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[Italian edition] Finalist, 2016 Galileo Award for the Dissemination of Science, Department of Culture of Padua Municipality, National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI), Union of Italian Provinces (UPI), and the University of Padua

2013 BMA Board of Science Award for the Public Understanding of Science, British Medical Association

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