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Seasons of Life

The biological rhythms that enable living things to thrive and survive

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London
Kiadó: Profile Books
Kiadás helye: London
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Kötés típusa: Ragasztott papírkötés
Oldalszám: 303 oldal
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Nyelv: Angol  
Méret: 20 cm x 13 cm
ISBN: 978-1861979698
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'A must-read for anyone who has ever looked up at a migrating skein of geese and wondered 'how do they know ...?' New Scientist Over thousands of years, plants and animals have evolved exquisite sensitivities and adaptations to the changes in the seasons and have synchronised their life-cycles to the earth's annual journey around the sun. How do they do it? How do birds know when to migrate, squirrels to hibernate, insects to emerge from their pupae, flowers to bloom? How do living things know the best time of year to reproduce? What effect do the seasons have on humán wellbeing, and how does the season in which we are born affect our subsequent life chances? Seasons of Life provides the essential science that enables us to understand the biological basis of seasonal behaviour in plants, animals and humans. It explains how seasons have shaped the course of humán evolution and how, even in our modern world, the markers remain. Our bodies still beat to an ancient rhythm that has... Tovább

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'A must-read for anyone who has ever looked up at a migrating skein of geese and wondered 'how do they know ...?' New Scientist Over thousands of years, plants and animals have evolved exquisite sensitivities and adaptations to the changes in the seasons and have synchronised their life-cycles to the earth's annual journey around the sun. How do they do it? How do birds know when to migrate, squirrels to hibernate, insects to emerge from their pupae, flowers to bloom? How do living things know the best time of year to reproduce? What effect do the seasons have on humán wellbeing, and how does the season in which we are born affect our subsequent life chances? Seasons of Life provides the essential science that enables us to understand the biological basis of seasonal behaviour in plants, animals and humans. It explains how seasons have shaped the course of humán evolution and how, even in our modern world, the markers remain. Our bodies still beat to an ancient rhythm that has important consequences for our physical and mentái health. 'Fascinating insights into an evolving science and the calendrical clockwork inside every living thing' Guardian A Financial Times Book of the Year, 2009 Vissza

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