Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Origins and Orientations
Chapter 2. Biological Clocks and Spontaneous Behaviors
Chapter 3. Ingestive Behaviors and the Internal Milieu
Chapter 4. A Psychobiological Perspective on the Domesticated and the Wild
Chapter 5. Neurobiological Investigations and Clinical Applications: Lessons Learned in Panama
Chapter 6. An Artisan in the Laboratory
Conclusion
Epilogue
Notes
References
The Works of Curt Richter
Index

About the Author

Jay Schulkin is a research professor of physiology and biophysics at Georgetown University and research associate at the Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health. He is also the director of research at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Reviews

This is a book for students of all ages and many disciplines... Every scientific library should have it. -- Gerard P. Smith Appetite A detailed and very useful survey of Richter's intellectual biography. -- Andrew Scull Times Literary Supplement