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Wie Wir Ticken: Die Bedeutung Der Chronobiologie Für Unser Leben (2010)

by Till Roenneberg(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

3832195203 (ISBN13: 9783832195205)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

DuMont

review 1: Fascinating book about the science of sleep and the human internal clock. The author has studied this subject his entire life and was the protege of the guy who studied it for HIS entire life before he passed the torch. The author has an enormous database of sleep research and testing. But he uses stories to educate his readers about the topic and make the data meaningful.Topics covered include how light, electronics, exercise and food impact sleep cycles, and how these influences are changing us in modern society. There's also discussion of how individual internal clocks vary among humans. Early birds and night owls are real things, and in spite of what you hear, it's hard to change who you are.
review 2: There are some books that immerse you in a topic and yo... moreu come away feeling wiser and inspired. Then there are other books that lead you to the edge of learning, throw you a few tasty morsels and then turn off the lights and send you away. For me, Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag and Why You're So Tired, sits squarely in the latter category.This is a book about the science of sleep. According to the science, sleep is not something that is governed entirely by choice. Instead, it is something deeply rooted at our cellular level. While we have control over when we want to wake and sleep, at our core there is a mechanism that has preset when we should wake and sleep. Not only does this impact on how we feel, but also how we digest, think and function. This sleep preset is, however, not fixed, rather it follows a natural pattern over the course of our lives - varying with age. There is also a divergence between male and female sleeping patterns.As the book clearly sets out, how we should sleep is profoundly affected by our need to conform to social expectations, whether those are preconceived notions of effectiveness ("the early bird catches the worm") or simply by the fact that we are required to be at work or school at a proscribed time.The book is set out in 24 chapters (yes because there are 24 hours in a day) and each one begins with a case study/story and then goes on to explain the science behind it. The chapters makes for fascinating reading and there were plenty of sections that I found enlightening and highlighted to come back to. I read this book quite quickly because I was looking forward to getting to the advice section - "Here's how to manage sleep/jet lag/chronotypes etc" - except that part never comes. You get the science and then you're on your own.If nothing else I feel like this book is a step forward in addressing the social stigma that surrounds sleep - that the less you sleep the better you are. It's good food for thought. What you do with that information is up to you. less

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