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 |