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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9780192807311


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   13 April 2006
Format:   Hardback
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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: 14.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 21.40cm
Weight:   0.507kg
ISBN:  

9780192807311


ISBN 10:   0192807315
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   13 April 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface 1: Petunias, one eyed ducks and rolly-polly mice 2: By the brain for the brain 3: The Substance of Sleep 4: Reality 5: Then 6: Odd Behaviour 7: Skin and Bones 8: Sleepiness 9: Higher Matters 10: Crashing Out 11: Time of Life 12: Time Travellers 13: Good night 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: Fare thee well Appendix: Are you a lark, an owl, or neither?

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an impressive amount of material...a handy tour d'horizon BBC Focus Horne's arguments are compelling. New Statesman


an impressive amount of material...a handy tour d'horizon BBC Focus Horne's arguments are compelling. New Statesman


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Jim Horne is Professor of Psychophysiology and Director of the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Loughborough. He is frequently called upon to discuss topics related to sleep on radio and television, and writes regularly for the broadsheets and for scientific magazines. Previous publications include Why We Sleep (1990, OUP).

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