The Inner Clock

“A rich history of what makes us tick, so to speak, paired with fascinating modern discoveries about how circadian rhythms influence our daily lives” —The Wall Street Journal“The definitive take on what scientists currently know about how the circadian system works, how it’s disrupted by the ways we live now, and what we should do about it.” —Alex Hutchinson, Outside“Edifying… . This enlightens.” —Publishers Weekly“An immensely informative and fascinating account.” —Psychology Today“I stayed up all night reading this book! Lynne Peeples, you have wrecked my circadian rhythms, and I enjoyed every minute.”  —Mary Roach, bestselling author of Fuzz and Stiff“The Inner Clock explores the strange new science of why your circadian rhythms fall out of sync—and how to get them back on track to live a happier, healthier life.” —James Nestor, bestselling author of Breath“A fascinating journey through the science of circadian rhythms, revealing how our bodies’ tiny timepieces shape every aspect of our lives. Captivating, perceptive, and, yes, timely.” —Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of When“The Inner Clock paints an intricate picture of the ways our physiology evolved to function in harmony with the rhythms of the world around us.” —James Hamblin, author of Clean and If Our Bodies Could Talk“A captivating exploration of light and dark, our peculiar biology, and the powerful, invisible rhythms of our waking and sleeping lives.” —Deborah Blum, Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Poison Squad “You may not realize it until you read this smart, lucid book, but your body clocks are ticked off. Fortunately, it’s not too late for a reset. An essential guide to a fascinating and underappreciated aspect of human biology.”  —Dan Fagin, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Toms River

Lynne Peeples is a science journalist and former staff reporter at The Huffington Post. Her writing has also appeared in The Guardian, Scientific American, Nature and other publications. Before her move to writing, she crunched numbers as a biostatistician for HIV clinical trials and environmental health studies. Peeples was an MIT Knight Science Journalism fellow and holds master’s degrees in biostatistics from the Harvard School of Public Health and in science journalism from New York University. She lives in Seattle.