Based at the University of Nottingham as a Professor of Physiological Education , Martin Luck is the author of two previous books. He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in 2011.

an informative and readable overview to the subject

• 1. Hormones, history, and the shoulders of giants ; 2. What and how ; 3. Nuns, catastrophes, and the mysteries of reproduction ; 4. Water, salt, and blood pressure ; 5. The hard stuff: calcium, cells, bones, and cancer ; 6. Appetite, fat, and obesity ; 7. The thyroid gland ; 8. Light and dark ; 9. Changing perspectives ; Further reading ; Index

Based at the University of Nottingham as a Professor of Physiological Education , Martin Luck is the author of two previous books. He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in 2011.

an informative and readable overview to the subject

• 1. Hormones, history, and the shoulders of giants ; 2. What and how ; 3. Nuns, catastrophes, and the mysteries of reproduction ; 4. Water, salt, and blood pressure ; 5. The hard stuff: calcium, cells, bones, and cancer ; 6. Appetite, fat, and obesity ; 7. The thyroid gland ; 8. Light and dark ; 9. Changing perspectives ; Further reading ; Index

Based at the University of Nottingham as a Professor of Physiological Education , Martin Luck is the author of two previous books. He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in 2011.

an informative and readable overview to the subject

• 1. Hormones, history, and the shoulders of giants ; 2. What and how ; 3. Nuns, catastrophes, and the mysteries of reproduction ; 4. Water, salt, and blood pressure ; 5. The hard stuff: calcium, cells, bones, and cancer ; 6. Appetite, fat, and obesity ; 7. The thyroid gland ; 8. Light and dark ; 9. Changing perspectives ; Further reading ; Index