Hormones are vital to the workings of the body, and while many people are aware of what hormones do, few have an appreciation of the nature and importance of the endocrine system. In this Very Short Introduction, Martin Luck explains what hormones are, what they do, where they come from, and how they work.
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Martin Luck is based at the University of Nottingham as an Associate Professor of Animal Sciences. He is the author of two previous books. He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in 2011.
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