demystifies this beguiling thing called sleep: what it is, what it isn’t,who sleeps, how much they sleep, how human beings should sleep (but arenot), and how sleep changes across your life span or that of your child, forbetter and for worse.
Chapter 1 To Sleep…
Chapter 2 Caffeine, Jet Lag, and Melatonin
Part 2 details the good, the bad, and the deathly of sleep and sleep loss.We will explore all of the astonishing benefits of sleep for brain and forbody, affirming what a remarkable Swiss Army knife of health and wellnesssleep truly is. Then we turn to how and why a lack of sufficient sleep leadsto a quagmire of ill health, disease, and untimely death—a wakeup call tosleep if ever there was one.
Part 3 offers safe passage from sleep to the fantastical world of dreamsscientifically explained. From peering into the brains of dreamingindividuals, and precisely how dreams inspire Nobel Prize–winning ideasthat transform the world, to whether or not dream control really is possible,and if such a thing is even wise—all will be revealed.
Part 4 seats us first at the bedside, explaining numerous sleep disorders,including insomnia.