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Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired by [Till Roenneberg]

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Winner of a British Medical Association Book Award
A Brain Pickings Best Science Book of the Year

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 is a cautionary tale—actually a series of 24 tales, not coincidentally. Roenneberg ranges widely from the inner workings of biological rhythms to their social implications, illuminating each scientific tutorial with an anecdote inspired by clinical research...Written with grace and good humor, Internal Time is a serious work of science incorporating the latest research in chronobiology...[A] compelling volume.”
—A. Roger Ekirch, Wall Street Journal

“This is a fascinating introduction to an important topic, which will appeal to anyone who wishes to delve deep into the world of chronobiology, or simply wonders why they struggle to get a good night’s sleep.”
—Richard Wiseman, New Scientist

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978-0674975392
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Illustrated
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Harvard University Press
Publication date

30 April 2012
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English
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"In Internal Time, Till Roenneberg, a chronobiologist at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, takes readers on a journey through this mysterious area of science. He explores why some people are larks and others owls, why jet lag can be so debilitating to travelers, and why teenagers struggle to get out of bed in the morning...Roenneberg is a knowledgeable guide, with a talent for making difficult concepts clear and convincing...This is a fascinating introduction to an important topic, which will appeal to anyone who wishes to delve deep into the world of chronobiology, or simply wonders why they struggle to get a good night's sleep." -- Richard Wiseman, New Scientist April 28th 2012 " Time really is of the essence, says medical psychologist Till Roenneberg. By neglecting our body clocks--which rarely run in synchrony with the crazily cranked-up pace of modern life--we can develop "social jetlag," endangering our health and careers. Roenneberg has built his book on decades of research in everything from fungi and single-celled organisms to humans. In brilliantly minimalist terms, he explains the temporal mismatches behind teen exhaustion, early birds and night owls, and sleep phobia." -- Nature 1st April 2012 "Internal Time is a cautionary tale--actually a series of 24 tales, not coincidentally. Roenneberg ranges widely from the inner workings of biological rhythms to their social implications, illuminating each scientific tutorial with an anecdote inspired by clinical research...Written with grace and good humor, Internal Time is a serious work of science incorporating the latest research in chronobiology...[A] compelling volume." -- A. Roger Ekirch, Wall Street Journal, 27th April 2012 "Till Roenneberg's book is an engaging and informative layman's introduction to circadian science and its implications for contemporary humans...By integrating quality scientific exposition with well-rounded human vignettes, Roenneberg's book shows how sophisticated human behaviors arise partly from our embodied earthly nature." --Greg Murray, Times Higher Education, 3rd May 2012

"Internal Time made me think deeply about what it means to be a time-bound organism: about the ways we live in time and the ways time lives in us. It is, in an unusually literal sense, a book about what makes us tick." --Kathryn Schulz, New York Review

...Roenneberg's book is an engaging and informative layman's introduction to circadian science and it's implications for contemporary humans... ...By integrating quality scientific exposition with well-rounded human vignettes, Roenneberg's book shows how sophisticated human behaviours arise partly from our embodied earthly nature. --Greg Murray, Times Higher Education, Thursday 3rd May 2012 --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Till Roenneberg is Professor at the Institute of Medical Psychology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008XOG2N4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard University Press; Illustrated edition (30 April 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2512 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 314 pages

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It's not easy to read on Kindle as there are lots of ...

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Lots and lots of interesting information and scientific studies on the body clock and sleep. Basic takeaway is that you can't change your chronotype (if you are a lark, or a night owl, you are stuck). It's not easy to read on Kindle as there are lots of charts to accompany the studies, and I don't think they are labeled well enough. I got a bit frustrated as I was hoping he would make more of an effort to tell me what was really important and what wasn't. So I wouldn't say it's as mass-market friendly as it could have been. But I would recommend it if you're very interested in body clocks!

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As a former insomniac I've read pretty much every book on sleep and insomnia

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 February 2016

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This book exceeded all my expectations. As a former insomniac I've read pretty much every book on sleep and insomnia, yet I gained new information and insights from this book. It is also extremely well-written and unlike many books on sleep that fall more into the self-help category, it is backed up by real science and actual studies. If you're interested in the mechanics and mystery of sleep, get it- you won't be disappointed.

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Ryan Dixon

Well structured and explained with a depth of knowledge and expertise

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 January 2022

My favourite thing about this book is the way it lays out each chapter into a story, the concept, and then follows it with an explanation as well as simple visual diagrams. This is so well explained that whether you have knowledge in this area or it your first time learning about these topics it is super easy to follow.

Some things I have personally taken away from this:
- To be more comfortable with needing more sleep in the winter (and more sleep generally).
- To test our biphasic sleeping (in the evening 6pm-9pm, then again 3am to 9am).
- To be more conscious of social jet lag over weekends.

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