Seasons of Life

The biological rhythms that enable living things to thrive and survive

Russell Foster and Leon Kreitzman

ISBN 186197969X

ISBN 13 9781861979698

August 2010

Price £9.99

Paperback, 320 pp.

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Subject: Popular Science

Other formats available: Hardback

The new world of chronobiology is popular science at its most exciting: understanding how the seasons regulate the life of every human, plant and animal on Earth.

The natural world is full of rhythms. How do birds know when to return to their nesting grounds? What effect do the seasons have on our wellbeing, and how does the season in which we are born affect our subsequent life chances? How did humans get the idea that there were seasons 50,000 years ago? Seasons of Life explains why the seasons occur, the impact of seasonal change and how organisms have evolved to anticipate these changes. For although we mask the effects of seasonal changes by warming our homes, lighting our nights, preserving foods and storing water, we cannot hide from them.