Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
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Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream by Jennifer Ackerman
Did you know that you can tell time in your sleep? That women have more nightmares than men? Or that up to half of the calories you consume can be burned off simply by fidgeting? In Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream, acclaimed science writer Jennifer Ackerman takes us on an astonishing and illuminating tour of the human body during a typical day, from waking in the morning to the reverie of sleep and dreams.Most of us are familiar with the concept of circadian rhythms, the idea that the human body maintains its own internal clock. Recent scientific advances reveal the importance of synchronizing our actions with our biological rhythms -- and show how defying them can cause us real harm. With Ackerman as our guide we learn the best time of day to take a nap, give a presentation, take medication, and even drink a cocktail, along with a host of other useful and curious facts. Entertaining and deeply practical, this book will make readers think of their bodies in an entirely new way.
For than three decades, JENNIFER ACKERMAN has been writing about science, nature, and human biology. Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body; Ah-Choo: The Unusual Life of Your Common Cold; Chance in the Mansion of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity; and Notes from the Sea are among her most recent works. Ackerman has written for Scientific American, National Geographic, The New York Times, and many other magazines. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Fellowship in Nonfiction, a Bunting Fellowship, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant. The Sloan Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing
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| ISBN 13 | 9780547085609 |
| ISBN 10 | 0547085605 |
| Title | Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream |
| Author | Jennifer Ackerman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Mariner Books |
| Year published | 2008-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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