Circadian Physiology, Second Edition 2nd Edition

by Roberto Refinetti PhD. (Author)

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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 goes to great lengths in defining and explaining many basic concepts with no presumption that undergraduates who would be interested in the subfield of circadian biology would have already covered most of these topics: for example, scientific methods, research ethics, statistics. This probably makes the book easily readable and interesting for some motivated high school students and people with very little science backgroundThis book is seventh heaven for visually oriented learners.
-Mehmet Dokucu, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 51, No. 43, October 2006

Although the size of the book has been expanded three-foldthe popular overall structure of the first edition has been maintained, with five sections covering history and methodology, phemonenology, mechanisms, substrates, and practical applications. Each chapter has extensive tables, figures, photographs. New features of the second edition include discussions of retinal photoreceptors, non-hypothalamic circadian pacemakers, and genomic and proteomic mechanisms. the text remains one of the few comprehensive and scientific introductions to circadian physiology that are currently available, and it should remain in popular demand.
--Roy J. Shepard, Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 20, Issue 1

praise for the first edition
Marvelous summary of research on circadian rhythms and the relevance to human behavior.
-- James W. Kalat Biological Psychology, 8th Edition
Both the book and the programs provide interesting and useful material.
-- Stanley Coren, APA Review of Books

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‎CRC Press; 2nd edition (October 21, 2005)

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‎English

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‎688 pages

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‎0849322332

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‎978-0849322334

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‎4 pounds

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‎9 x 1.5 x 11.5 inches

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J. Barr

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Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2008

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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.

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Ciranna Raab Cristian

Excellent literature review

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2013

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This textbook offers a comprehensive overview on the subject, with thousands of references, which show the incrdible work the author has done in order to provide a thorough review on the subject. A must have for all researchers, health care providers and lecturers with an interest in life-rhythms.
As the book comes along a CD - it would have been nice to have the program running also on Mac's.

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R. Refinetti

A Note from the Author

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2005

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.

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Theresa

First choice as a scientific introduction to circadian rhythms

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2010

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.

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