The full story of how our relationship with light shapes our health, productivity and mood from the award winning science journalist Linda Geddes
Linda Geddes is a science journalist who specialises in biology,
medicine and technology. She has worked as both an editor and
reporter for New Scientist magazine, and has received numerous
awards for her journalism, including the Association of British
Science Writers' award for Best Investigative Journalism. She is
also the author of Bumpology: The Myth-Busting Pregnancy Book for
Curious Parents-To-Be.
www.lindageddes.com
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Life-changing
*Daily Mail*
Readable and frequently fascinating ... Geddes's lovely book will
fill you with longing for bright summer days, blue
skies and a baking hot sun dispensing vitamin D and happiness to
all who bask in its glow. Roll on, summer!
*The Times*
A fascinating and deeply researched study into the surprising
importance of sunlight for our health and wellbeing. Geddes will
convince even the most committed sofa sloths to step outside into
the sun.
*Gaia Vince*
What a BRILLIANT book! The antidote to anecdote, a great survey of
current evidence. Just what the midwife
ordered!
*Professor Alice Roberts*
This sparkling study explains how sunlight is vital to our physical
and mental health: a book that could genuinely improve your
life.
*Sunday Times*
Illuminating
*The Wall Street Journal*
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