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Why we sleep : the new science of sleep and dreams / Matthew Walker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: UK : Penguin Books, 2018.Description: viii, 360 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780141983769 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.821 23
LOC classification:
  • QP425 .W3 2018
Summary: Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, health and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when it is absent. Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive. In this book, Matthew Walker charts 20 years of cutting-edge research, looking at creatures from across the animal kingdom to find the answers that will transform our appreciation of sleep and reverse our neglect.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
General The Harden Library, King's Hospital General 612.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R16682K0499

Originally published: New York: Scribner, 2017.

"An Allen Lane book"--Back cover.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, health and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when it is absent. Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive. In this book, Matthew Walker charts 20 years of cutting-edge research, looking at creatures from across the animal kingdom to find the answers that will transform our appreciation of sleep and reverse our neglect.

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