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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, read by John Sackville.
Includes a bonus PDF of graphs and diagrams.
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.
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 audiobook, 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 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.
'Vital ... a life-raft' Guardian
'A top sleep scientist argues that sleep is more important for our health than diet or exercise' The Times
'It had a powerful effect on me' Observer
'I urge you all to read this book' Times Higher Education
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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 07/12/2017
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ISBN: 9780141988405
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Length: 812 Minutes
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RRP: £13.00
Reviews
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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
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Passionate, urgent . . . it had a powerful effect on me
Rachel Cooke, Observer
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Compelling and utterly convincing . . . you'll never think of your bedtime in the same way again
James McConnachie, Sunday Times
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A stimulating and important book . . . richly packed with science
Clive Cookson, Financial Times
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Uplifting . . . Walker is in love with sleep and wants us to fall in love with sleep, too
David Kamp, New York Times
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Matthew Walker is probably one of the most influential people on the planet
Katie Law, Evening Standard
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Astonishing ... an amazing book ... absolutely chocker full of things that we need to know
Chris Evans
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Amazing . . . I'm obsessed with this book
Thom Yorke
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Passionate, urgent, convincing . . . it had a powerful effect on me
Rachel Cooke, Observer
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A powerful rallying cry by a researcher at the top of his game. If you want an effective distillation of a science that reaches deep into the frontiers of consciousness and identity . . . this is a good place to start.
Oliver Moody, The Times
