Circadian Physiology, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Roberto Refinetti (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0849322332 | ISBN-13: 978-0849322334 | Publication Date: October 21, 2005 | Edition: 2

While the first edition of the critically acclaimed and highly popular Circadian Physiologyoffered a concise but rigorous review of basic and applied research on circadian rhythms, this newest edition provides educators with the primary textbook they need to support a course on this cutting-edge topic. Maintaining the same accessible multidisciplinary approach of the original, this volume provides a thorough grounding in a broad range of topics, while offering instructors many unique advantages. 

This impressive handbook provides the foundation, along with the supplementary material, and all the implementation details necessary to run a cutting-edge class on an exceptionally timely and intriguing topic.

This edition of Circadian Physiologynot only updates the material covered in the original, but it also expands its length and scope, presenting many new findings, such as the discovery of new retinal photoreceptors, the identification of several non-hypothalamic circadian pacemakers, and the elucidation of genomic and proteomic mechanisms of biological timing. Three times the length of the original, this volume includes approximately 730 figures and 5,000 bibliographic references, making it a true handbook of circadian physiology.

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Refinetti; Roberto University of South Carolina, Allendale, South Carolina, USA, --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 688 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 2 edition (October 21, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849322332
• ISBN-13: 978-0849322334
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,208,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First choice as a scientific introduction to circadian rhythms, January 23, 2010

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Theresa (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Circadian Physiology, Second Edition (Hardcover)

The book is great. It is written for educated lay readers (such as college students) and may not please readers looking for a self-help type of book, but it is as readable as a fully-referenced book can be. It thoroughly covers the science of circadian rhythms. By the way, as the author points out in his comment on this blog, Amazon is mixing the comments about the first and second editions. The comment that "J. Barr" makes about the lack of a glossary refers to the first edition; the second edition has a full dictionary that includes information on etymology and pronunciation! This book (second edition) is my first choice as a thorough scientific introduction to circadian rhythms.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Note from the Author, November 25, 2005

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R. Refinetti (Walterboro, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Circadian Physiology, Second Edition (Hardcover)

Of course you would expect the author of the book to be positive about it. However, the only other posted review seems to be a mistaken entry. It refers to the first edition of the book (6 years older and 3 times smaller than the second edition) and gives it a low rating without any explanation. So, here are some helpful clarifications. If you are a graduate student or a scientist, you should buy the second edition, not only because it is up-to-date but also because it is much more detailed than the first edition. If you are a general reader, you may find the first edition more palatable (and you won't even notice that some scientific details have changed in the intervening 6 years). Both editions provide an overview of research on circadian rhythms and its applications. The great advantage of this book over other books on circadian rhythms is that it is a single-author book instead of an edited compilation of essays by multiple authors.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Save Your Money, July 24, 2008

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J. Barr (Westerville, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Circadian Physiology, Second Edition (Hardcover)

Even a cursory knowledge will make this book useless. A better introduction can be had for free from scouring the internet. The author spends inordinate amounts of time boring the reader to make small points in an effort to prove how "scientific" he is. In many cases the footnotes at the end of the chapter have more pages or as many as the chapter content pages. Definitions are often not made clear--a must in a introductory text. A person new to the field would be left staring at an italicized word in a paragraph trying to piece together a definintion based on the one surrounding example. No glossary is provided in a book which is supposed to be written for an interdisciplinary audience. The book needs to be edited. The first 20 pages are useless, merely making the point that science is based on fact and refutable theories. Only chapters 9 and 10 are worthwhile with a brief but good description of the neurophysiology and molecular structures of circadian cycles. I got this book used from a dealer and its an ealier printing but I've examined the overpriced present edition and can't say that that much has been added to justify the outrageous price of $130 USD.