Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just about Everything

Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just about Everything

By Randi Hutter Epstein
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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.


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Publish date June 18, 2019
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Format Paperback
Pages 336
ISBN 9780393357080
0393357082