Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker

Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

Matthew Walker

360 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction science informative medium-paced

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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, obe...

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