Aroused - The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything

Metabolism, behaviour, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing, puberty and sex: these are just a few of the things our bodies control with hormones. Armed with a healthy dose of wit and curiosity, medical journalist Randi Hutter Epstein takes us on a journey through the unusual history of these potent chemicals from a basement filled with jarred nineteenth-century brains to a twenty-first-century hormone clinic in Los Angeles.

Brimming with fascinating anecdotes, illuminating new medical research and humorous details, Aroused introduces the leading scientists who made life-changing discoveries about the hormone imbalances that ail us, as well as the charlatans who used those discoveries to peddle false remedies.

Info autore

Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D., M.P.H., the author of Aroused and Get Me Out, is an adjunct professor at Columbia University, a lecturer at Yale University, and writer in residence at Yale Medical School. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Psychology Today blog, among others. She lives in New York.

Riassunto

A guided tour through the strange science of hormones and the age-old quest to control them.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Randi Hutter Epstein, Epstein Randi Hutter
• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.07.2018
• EAN: 9780393239607
• ISBN: 978-0-393-23960-7
• Dimensioni: 147 mm x 218 mm x 30 mm
• Peso: 434 g
• Illustrazioni: 10 illustrations
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, METABOLISM, Endocrinology, MEDICAL / Endocrinology & Metabolism, Human biology, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Endocrine System