Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep - Hardcover

David K. Randall

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039308020X ISBN 13: 9780393080209

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 2012

Synopsis

Journalist David K. Randall never gave sleep much thought. That is, until he began sleepwalking and a midnight crash into a wall sent him on an investigation into the strange science of sleep. In Dreamland, Randall explores the research investigating those dark hours that make up nearly a third of our lives. Taking readers from military battlefields to children's bedrooms, Dreamland shows that sleep isn't as simple as it seems. Among other questions, he looks at whether women sleep differently to men and, if you happen to kill someone while you are sleepwalking, whether it counts as murder. This book is a tour of the often odd, sometimes disturbing and always fascinating things that go on in the peculiar world of sleep.

About this title

Product Description:

An engrossing examination of the science behind the little-known world of sleep.

Review:

Starred review. This fabulous book is likely to address any and all questions you might have about sleep... There's plenty of practical information, like how to overcome insomnia without drugs, how to combat snoring, how to encourage young children to get to sleep and, perhaps most useful, how to bet successfully on professional football games: our circadian rhythms favor West Coast teams over East Coast teams on Monday nights. This is one book that will not put you to sleep. --Publisher's Weekly

"... a gripping account of why we sleep." ----Daily Mail

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 039308020X
• ISBN 13: 9780393080209
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304