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Sleep: A Very Short Introduction

Paperback • 2012

Sleep: A Very Short Introduction

By Steven W. Lockley, Russell G. Foster

8 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Why do we need sleep? How much sleep is enough? What is sleep? What happens when we don't get enough? We spend about a third of our lives asleep - it plays a crucial role in our health and wellbeing. References to sleep abound in literature and art, and sleep has been recognized as fundamental to the human condition for thousands of years. Over the past century, our knowledge of how sleep occurs, what it does, and what happens to our health if we do not have enough has developed hugely. The impa...Show more

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