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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams - Matthew Walker
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to... show more
Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep.

Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health. Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking, and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive.

Now, in this book, the first of its kind written by a scientific expert, Professor Matthew Walker explores twenty years of cutting-edge research to solve the mystery of why sleep matters. Looking at creatures from across the animal kingdom as well as major human studies, Why We Sleep delves in to everything from what really happens during REM sleep to how caffeine and alcohol affect sleep and why our sleep patterns change across a lifetime, transforming our appreciation of the extraordinary phenomenon that safeguards our existence.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B06Y649387
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
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Words of a Bibliophile
Words of a Bibliophile rated it
4.0 Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
A very informative look on the power of sleep to maintain our physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing. It took me longer than expected to get through the book, although it's not lengthy or written in a complicated way. In fact, as a science-based book it's very accessible and quite humor...
Mirkat Always Reading
Mirkat Always Reading rated it
4.0 Why We Sleep
This is another book that everyone should read. It's that important. From memory formation to creativity, to mental, emotional, and physical health--adequate natural sleep is vital. Unfortunately, sleep is devalued by many, and chronic sleep deprivation is dangerously widespread.Did you know that dr...
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4.5 Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
TITLE: Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams AUTHOR: Matthew Walker DATE PUBLISHED: 2017 FORMAT: Hardcover ISBN-13: 9781501144318 ____________________________________ From the blurb: "The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert—Professor Matthew Walker, Direc...
Yzabel
Yzabel rated it
5.0 Why We Sleep
[I received a copy of this book through NetGalley.]It took me so long to get to this book (which I also requested late, it didn’t help), and I’m wondering why! Although it *was* definitely scary, it was really interesting—and anyway, the ‘scare’ makes a lot of sense, so I wouldn’t be inclined as to ...
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