000			01961cam a2200289 4500
001			9780141988405
008			180705t2018 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780141988405
100			_aWalker, Matthew
245		0	_aWhy we sleep: the new science of sleep and dreams _h[electronic resource]
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			_u#gotoholdings _yAccess resource
999			_c59433 _d59433