Why We Sleep

The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

Matthew Walker 저자(글)

Penguin Books Ltd (UK) · 2018년 02월 01일

책 소개

'Astonishing ... an amazing book ... absolutely chocker full of things that we need to know' Chris Evans

'Matthew Walker is probably one of the most influential people on the planet' Evening Standard

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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 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.

'Startling, vital ... a life-raft' Guardian

'A top sleep scientist argues that sleep is more important for our health than diet or exercise' The Times

'Passionate, urgent . . . it had a powerful effect on me' Observer

작가정보

저자(글) Matthew Walker

Matthew Walker is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at UC Berkeley, the Director of its Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab, and a former professor of psychiatry at Harvard University. He has published over 100 scientific studies and has appeared on 60 Minutes, Nova, BBC News, and NPR's Science Friday. Why We Sleep is his first book.

목차

• Chapter Page
  Part 1 This Thing Called Sleep
  Chapter 1 To Sleep … 3
  Chapter 2 Caffeine, Jet Lag, and Melatonin: Losing and Gaining Control of Your Sleep Rhythm 13
  Chapter 3 Defining and Generating Sleep: Time Dilation and What We Learned from a Baby in 1952 38
  Chapter 4 Ape Beds, Dinosaurs, and Napping with Half a Brain Who Sleeps, How Do We Sleep, and How Much? 56
  Chapter 5 Changes in Sleep Across the Life Span 78
  Part 2 Why Should You Sleep?
  Chapter 6 Your Mother and Shakespeare Knew: The Benefits of Sleep for the Brain 107
  Chapter 7 Too Extreme for the Guinness Book of World Records: Sleep Deprivation and the Brain 133
  Chapter 8 Cancer, Heart Attacks, and a Shorter Life: Sleep Deprivation and the Body 164
  Part 3 How and Why We Dream
  Chapter 9 Routinely Psychotic: REM-Sleep Dreaming 193
  Chapter 10 Dreaming as Overnight Therapy 206
  Chapter 11 Dream Creativity and Dream Control 219
  Part 4 From Sleeping Pills to Society Transformed
  Chapter 12 Things That Go Bump in the Night: Sleep Disorders and Death Caused by No Sleep 237
  Chapter 13 iPads, Factory Whistles, and Nightcaps: What's Stopping You from Sleeping? 265
  Chapter 14 Hurting and Helping Your Sleep: Pills vs. Therapy 282
  Chapter 15 Sleep and Society: What Medicine and Education Are Doing Wrong; What Google and NASA Are Doing Right 296
  Chapter 16 A New Vision for Sleep in the Twenty-First Century 324
  Conclusion: To Sleep or Not to Sleep 340
  Appendix: Twelve Tips for Healthy Sleep 341
  Illustration Permissions 343
  Acknowledgments 344

출판사 서평

A neuroscientist shows how a good night's shut-eye can make us cleverer, more attractive, slimmer, happier, healthier and ward off cancer . . . it's probably a little too soon to tell you that it saved my life, but it's been an eye-opener (Mark O'Connell Guardian)

Passionate, urgent . . . it had a powerful effect on me (Rachel Cooke Observer)

Compelling and utterly convincing . . . you'll never think of your bedtime in the same way again (James McConnachie The Sunday Times)


A stimulating and important book . . . richly packed with science

(Clive Cookson Financial Times)

Uplifting . . . Walker is in love with sleep and wants us to fall in love with sleep, too (David Kamp The New York Times)

Matthew Walker is probably one of the most influential people on the planet (Katie Law Evening Standard)

Astonishing ... an amazing book ... absolutely chocker full of things that we need to know (Chris Evans)

기본정보

ISBN	9780141983769 ( 0141983760 )
발행(출시)일자	2018년 02월 01일
쪽수	368쪽
크기	197 * 129 * 29 mm / 270 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어

Klover

[ja*****]

well written. recommend for those who are struggling with sleep deprivation

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[js*****]

No one can I get sleep is the most important part of human health

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유익유익 합니다 좋아요

[ky*****]

Why we sleep

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차근히 읽고 있습니다

[da****]

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잠에 대해서 새로운 정보를 알 수 있는 책!