Books Details
Author : Matthew Walker Pages : 368 pages Publisher : Scribner Language : eng ISBN-
10 : 1501144316 ISBN-13 : 9781501144318
Books Descriptions
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.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 into 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.
