The Universal Pastimesleep And Rest Explained Horner Richard L by Horner, Richard L 9781939389343, 1939389348 instant download after payment.

Acknowledgements; About the author; About the cover art; Back cover; Introduction; Chapter 1:; The struggle for existence in the economy of nature: from biology to the inevitable Time Crunch; A brief history of life on earth and our place in time; Time zero to the 'now'; The division of labor as the key to complex living; Complex living; The sun and the cost of doing business; Constraints in biology; Chapter 2:; Common solutions to common problems in nature; Lessons from the eye; Inevitable 'right-moves' in biology vs. chance.;Why the interest in rest and sleep? - All living things possess a sense of time. Like all animals - as well as plants, fungi and bacteria - we humans are hard-wired for a daily rhythm of rest and activity. The machinery that generates this daily rhythm resides in each and every one of our cells and it powerfully orchestrates our behavior. Setting a.