CLOCKWORK SPARROW

by Sue Binkley

Binkley's fascinating, in-depth studies of human and animal biological watches have resulted in this insightful book covering the terminology of the biology of time, the general rhythmic phenomena, and the underlying mechanisms needed to understand our biological rhythmicity. 124 illustrations.

Hardcover

First published December 31, 1990

Reviews

[Harry Allan · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was terrible barely anything happened but when something did happen it went right onto another thing then it goes back to being boring

[Brock Meier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although "ancient" in terms of the lightning pace of contemporary science (written nearly 30 years ago), Binkley's book is still remarkable. Her elaboration of the early glory days of uncovering the existence of biological clocks and their underlying mechanisms conveys the excitement of the quest.

Through an inclusion of numerous charts and graphs, the unseen workings of biology's clockworks are made clearly visible. One such chart shows a several month period of the waking/sleeping cycles of a newborn baby, starting at birth. In the beginning, the child's activity and sleep appear chaotic, even random, but as time goes on, the beginnings of a pattern begins to assert itself. The pattern solidifies, and then slowly lengthens, to finally stabilize in synchrony with the daylight/nighttime external cycle.

Come along with the author and share the wonder of scientific discovery.

[Iona Boyd · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book and very interesting