Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep - Rilegato

Randall, David K.

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ISBN 10: 039308020X ISBN 13: 9780393080209

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2012

Riassunto

Like many of us, journalist David K. Randall never gave sleep much thought. That is, until he began sleepwalking. One midnight crash into a hallway wall sent him on an investigation into the strange science of sleep.In Dreamland, Randall explores the research that is investigating those dark hours that make up nearly a third of our lives. Taking readers from military battlefields to children’s bedrooms, Dreamland shows that sleep isn't as simple as it seems. Why did the results of one sleep study change the bookmakers’ odds for certain Monday Night Football games? Do women sleep differently than men? And if you happen to kill someone while you are sleepwalking, does that count as murder?This book is a tour of the often odd, sometimes disturbing, and always fascinating things that go on in the peculiar world of sleep. You’ll never look at your pillow the same way again.

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Recensione:

Starred review. This fabulous book is likely to address any and all questions you might have about sleep... There's plenty of practical information, like how to overcome insomnia without drugs, how to combat snoring, how to encourage young children to get to sleep and, perhaps most useful, how to bet successfully on professional football games: our circadian rhythms favor West Coast teams over East Coast teams on Monday nights. This is one book that will not put you to sleep. --Publisher's Weekly

"... a gripping account of why we sleep." ----Daily Mail

L'autore:

David K. Randall, a reporter at the Associated Press, has also written for Forbes and The New York Times. He is an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 039308020X
• ISBN 13: 9780393080209
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 290