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As the first thorough scholarly treatment of an important subject, Jole Shackelford's study improves upon partisan accounts produced by scientists, who generally were trying to advance their own arguments rather than create a properly contextualized historical analysis. But these volumes do more than that: the stories told here raise many fundamental themes about the nature of science, about scientific controversies, and the way we think about organisms and their relationship to the environment. Shackelford provides an original analysis that will be an important starting point for all subsequent research on this topic. His command of this very technical subject is masterful, and the scientific context is developed in exceptional detail. His work also serves as an interesting survey of biological and medical science, over and above its value as a history of chronobiology.--Sharon E. Kingsland, Johns Hopkins University The scope of the book makes it an excellent reference tool for those looking to do further research into the field of chronobiology from an academic perspective. While Shackelford provides a detailed account of the study of biological rhythms, it is--as the title suggests--merely an introduction to a field worth taking a deeper dive into for future historians. Shackelford's volumes will no doubt offer a starting point for these additional perspectives.--Jessica Tomberlin, H-Net Reviews The Search for Biological Clocks: Metaphors, Models and Mechanisms is thoughtful, complex, and at times overwhelming in its technical detail. With this work Shackelford establishes himself as the preeminent expert on the history of chronobiology, a field which this publication will hopefully encourage to expand even further.-- ""H-Net Reviews""

As the first thorough scholarly treatment of an important subject, Joel Shackelford's study improves upon partisan accounts produced by scientists, who generally were trying to advance their own arguments rather than create a properly contextualized historical analysis. But these volumes do more than that: the stories told here raise many fundamental themes about the nature of science, about scientific controversies, and the way we think about organisms and their relationship to the environment. Shackelford provides an original analysis that will be an important starting point for all subsequent research on this topic. His command of this very technical subject is masterful, and the scientific context is developed in exceptional detail. His work also serves as an interesting survey of biological and medical science, over and above its value as a history of chronobiology. --Sharon E. Kingsland, Johns Hopkins University

As the first thorough scholarly treatment of an important subject, Jole Shackelford's study improves upon partisan accounts produced by scientists, who generally were trying to advance their own arguments rather than create a properly contextualized historical analysis. But these volumes do more than that: the stories told here raise many fundamental themes about the nature of science, about scientific controversies, and the way we think about organisms and their relationship to the environment. Shackelford provides an original analysis that will be an important starting point for all subsequent research on this topic. His command of this very technical subject is masterful, and the scientific context is developed in exceptional detail. His work also serves as an interesting survey of biological and medical science, over and above its value as a history of chronobiology.--Sharon E. Kingsland, Johns Hopkins University The scope of the book makes it an excellent reference tool for those looking to do further research into the field of chronobiology from an academic perspective. While Shackelford provides a detailed account of the study of biological rhythms, it is--as the title suggests--merely an introduction to a field worth taking a deeper dive into for future historians. Shackelford's volumes will no doubt offer a starting point for these additional perspectives.--Jessica Tomberlin, H-Net Reviews

"""As the first thorough scholarly treatment of an important subject, Jole Shackelford's study improves upon partisan accounts produced by scientists, who generally were trying to advance their own arguments rather than create a properly contextualized historical analysis. But these volumes do more than that: the stories told here raise many fundamental themes about the nature of science, about scientific controversies, and the way we think about organisms and their relationship to the environment. Shackelford provides an original analysis that will be an important starting point for all subsequent research on this topic. His command of this very technical subject is masterful, and the scientific context is developed in exceptional detail. His work also serves as an interesting survey of biological and medical science, over and above its value as a history of chronobiology."" --Sharon E. Kingsland, Johns Hopkins University"

As the first thorough scholarly treatment of an important subject, Jole Shackelford's study improves upon partisan accounts produced by scientists, who generally were trying to advance their own arguments rather than create a properly contextualized historical analysis. But these volumes do more than that: the stories told here raise many fundamental themes about the nature of science, about scientific controversies, and the way we think about organisms and their relationship to the environment. Shackelford provides an original analysis that will be an important starting point for all subsequent research on this topic. His command of this very technical subject is masterful, and the scientific context is developed in exceptional detail. His work also serves as an interesting survey of biological and medical science, over and above its value as a history of chronobiology. --Sharon E. Kingsland, Johns Hopkins University

"As the first thorough scholarly treatment of an important subject, Jole Shackelford's study improves upon partisan accounts produced by scientists, who generally were trying to advance their own arguments rather than create a properly contextualized historical analysis. But these volumes do more than that: the stories told here raise many fundamental themes about the nature of science, about scientific controversies, and the way we think about organisms and their relationship to the environment. Shackelford provides an original analysis that will be an important starting point for all subsequent research on this topic. His command of this very technical subject is masterful, and the scientific context is developed in exceptional detail. His work also serves as an interesting survey of biological and medical science, over and above its value as a history of chronobiology.--Sharon E. Kingsland, Johns Hopkins University The scope of the book makes it an excellent reference tool for those looking to do further research into the field of chronobiology from an academic perspective. While Shackelford provides a detailed account of the study of biological rhythms, it is--as the title suggests--merely an introduction to a field worth taking a deeper dive into for future historians. Shackelford's volumes will no doubt offer a starting point for these additional perspectives.--Jessica Tomberlin, H-Net Reviews The Search for Biological Clocks: Metaphors, Models and Mechanisms is thoughtful, complex, and at times overwhelming in its technical detail. With this work Shackelford establishes himself as the preeminent expert on the history of chronobiology, a field which this publication will hopefully encourage to expand even further.-- ""H-Net Reviews"""

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Jole Shackelford is associate professor in the Program for the History of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis, and a part of the Graduate Program for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine.

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