Sleepfaring: A journey through the science of sleep
Author:   Jim Horne (, Professor of Psychophysiology and Director of the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Loughborough)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199228379


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   25 October 2007
Format:   Paperback
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Sleepfaring: A journey through the science of sleep


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Author:   Jim Horne (, Professor of Psychophysiology and Director of the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Loughborough)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 19.50cm
Weight:   0.233kg
ISBN:  

9780199228379


ISBN 10:   019922837
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   25 October 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface 1: Petunias, one eyed ducks and roly-poly mice 2: By the brain for the brain 3: The Substance of Sleep 4: Then 5: Odd Behaviour 6: Skin and Bones 7: Sleepiness 8: Higher Matters 9: Crashing Out 10: Time of Life 11: Time Travellers 12: Good night 13: Brain waves 14: REM sleep 15: Or REM wakefulness? 16: Cinema of the mind 17: The long, the short and the less 18: Are we chronically sleep deprived? 19: Things that go bump in the night 20: A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow 21: Snoring, gasping and jumping 22: Children 23: I sleep therefore I am Appendix: Are you a lark, an owl, or neither?

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`Review from previous edition like the best travel books, Sleepfaring looks set to stay fresh and useful for years to come. Anyone seeking a Travelogue around the Land of Nod will not be disappointed. It is as le Guide Michelin would put it, vaut le voyage' Carol Cooper, Lancet `an impressive amount of material...a handy tour d'horizon' BBC Focus Magazine `Horne's arguments are compelling.' New Statesman


Review from previous edition like the best travel books, Sleepfaring looks set to stay fresh and useful for years to come. Anyone seeking a Travelogue around the Land of Nod will not be disappointed. It is as le Guide Michelin would put it, vaut le voyage Carol Cooper, Lancet an impressive amount of material...a handy tour d'horizon BBC Focus Magazine Horne's arguments are compelling. New Statesman


Author Information

Jim Horne is Professor of Psychophysiology and Director of the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Loughborough. He is a fellow of the Institute of Biology and the British Psychological Society, and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sleep Research. Jim is the UK's best-known 'sleep expert' - he is frequently called upon to discuss topics related to sleep and sleep disorders on radio and television, and writes regularly for newspapers and health and science magazines. His previous publications include Why We Sleep (1990, OUP).

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