| Description |
x, 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Historical view of sleep -- Scientists investiagte sleep: the different stages of sleep -- Sleep: a theme with variations -- Dreams -- Sleep and sleeping pills -- "I didn't sleep a wink all night": insomnia and disorders of sleeping and waking -- Sleep in animals -- Sleep and the brain -- Search for endogenous sleep substances -- Sleep deprivation -- Sleep as a biological rhythm -- Purpose of sleep |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Translation of: Das Geheimnis des Schlafs |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 213-221 |
| Subject |
Sleep -- Physiological aspects.
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Sleep -- physiology.
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| LC no. |
85073887 |
| ISBN |
0465075924 |
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0465075932 (paperback) |
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