While the first edition of the critically acclaimed and highly popular "Circadian Physiology" offered a concise but rigorous review of basic and applied research on circadian rhythms, this newest edition provides educators with the primary textbook they need to support a course on this cutting-edge topic. Maintaining the same accessible multidisciplinary approach of the original, this volume provides a thorough grounding in a broad range of topics, while offering instructors many unique advantages. This impressive handbook provides the foundation, along with the supplementary material, and all the implementation details necessary to run a cutting-edge class on an exceptionally timely and intriguing topic. This edition of "Circadian Physiology" not only updates the material covered in the original, but it also expands its length and scope, presenting many new findings, such as the discovery of new retinal photoreceptors, the identification of several non-hypothalamic circadian pacemakers, and the elucidation of genomic and proteomic mechanisms of biological timing. Three times the length of the original, this volume includes approximately 730 figures and 5,000 bibliographic references, making it a true handbook of circadian physiology.

Roberto Rennetti，是南卡罗来纳大学的一位生理心理学教授和近日生理学研究者。1987年在圣巴巴拉的加利福尼亚大学获得博士学位，随后在弗吉尼亚大学的生物计时中心从事博士后研究工作。Rennetti从事近日生理学研究项目，侧重近日机制和体内平衡机制的整合作用，获美国国家科学基金会和美国国立卫生研究院资助。Refinetti是《近日节律杂志》的主编，兼任《性与文化杂志》的编辑。他的网站是www.drcadian.org，e-mail为refinetti@drcadian.org。