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020 _a9780141988405
100 _aWalker, Matthew
245 0 _aWhy we sleep: the new science of sleep and dreams
250 _aUnabridged ed.
260 _a[London]
_bBolinda/Penguin audio
_c2018
500 _aDownloadable eAudiobook.
500 _aNon fiction.
500 _aAdult.
500 _aDuration: 13:32:33.
520 _aRemote
520 _aSleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in 21st-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 20 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.
520 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
520 _a[electronic resource] /
520 _aPlaying time: 133233
520 _aRead by John Sackville.
690 _aSleep-Physiological aspects
690 _aAudiobooks
700 _aSackville, John
856 _uhttps://fe.bolindadigital.com/wldcs_bol_fo/b2i/productDetail.html?productId=BOL_478939&b2iSite=6348&preview=no
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