Title:
Internal time : chronotypes, social jet lag, and why you're so tired
Author:
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Physical Description:
viii, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780674065857
Contents:
Worlds apart -- Of early birds and long sleepers -- Counting sheep -- A curious astronomer -- The lost days -- The periodic shift worker -- The fast hamster -- Dawn at the gym -- The elusive transcript -- Temporal ecology -- Wait until dark -- The end of adolescence -- What a waste of time! -- Days on other planets -- When will my organs arrive? -- The scissors of sleep -- Early socialists-late capitalists -- Constant twilight -- From Frankfurt to Morocco and back -- Light at night -- Partnership timing -- A clock for all seasons -- Professional selection -- The nocturnal bottleneck.
Language:
English
