If anyone is interested, there's a good book titled Full Moons by Paul Katzeff. It's divided into 3 parts: the first deals w/myths and folklore, the second deals w/scientific research regarding the moon's influence on tides, weather, animals, and the murder/suicide rate, etc. The third deals w/theories explaining the apparent effects of the moon. It's copyrighted 1981 and I bought it in the early 80's. This thread made me search my bookshelves for it and I'm going to read it again.