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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of As to why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, read by John Sackville.

Includes a bonus PDF of graphs and diagrams.

Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our lifestyle, health and longevity and yet it really is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century culture, with devastating outcomes: every major disease in the developed globe – about Why We Rest: THE BRAND NEW Science of Sleep and Dreams Alzheimer’s, cancer, obesity, diabetes – has very strong causal links to deficient rest.

Until extremely recently, technology had no answer to the query of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health. Compared to the other basic drives in life – eating, taking in, and reproducing – the purpose of sleep remained elusive.

Now, with this book, the to begin its kind written by a scientific expert, Professor Matthew Walker explores two decades of cutting-edge study to resolve the secret of why rest matters. Taking a look at creatures from over the pet kingdom aswell as major human being research, Why We Rest delves in to from what actually happens during REM sleep to how caffeine and alcohol affect sleep and just why our rest patterns change across a lifetime, transforming our appreciation of the amazing phenomenon that safeguards our lifestyle.

‘Vital … a life-raft’ Guardian

‘A top rest scientist argues that sleep is more important for our health than diet plan or workout’ THE CHANGING TIMES

‘It had a powerful effect on me’ Observer

‘I desire you all to read this book’ Times ADVANCED SCHOOLING