Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Internal Medicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Human Physiology, Ailments & Diseases, Diseases
| Author: | Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D. | ISBN: | 9780393651119 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company | Publication: | June 26, 2018 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D. |
| ISBN: | 9780393651119 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publication: | June 26, 2018 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Language: | English |
**A Science News Favorite Science Book of 2018
“A sweeping, glorious story of hormones, threaded through with sex, suffering, neurology, biology, medicine, and self-discovery.” —Siddhartha Mukherjee**
Metabolism, behavior, 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 reveals the “invigorating history” (Nature) of hormones and the age-old quest to control them through the back rooms, basements, and labs where endocrinology began.
**A Science News Favorite Science Book of 2018
“A sweeping, glorious story of hormones, threaded through with sex, suffering, neurology, biology, medicine, and self-discovery.” —Siddhartha Mukherjee**
Metabolism, behavior, 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 reveals the “invigorating history” (Nature) of hormones and the age-old quest to control them through the back rooms, basements, and labs where endocrinology began.
