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Why we sleep

E-book, Czech
4.9 80 rating
14.34 €

Why we sleep

A book by the world's leading neuroscientist to discover the power of sleep and dreaming

How many hours did you sleep tonight? If less than eight, then, like most of humanity, you suffer from sleep deprivation. And you lose the best. People who enjoy enough sleep are healthier, smarter, slimmer, more attractive and happier. Look for the cause of your fatigue and health problems in a lack of good sleep and then elsewhere.
The book by world-leading neuroscientist Matthew Walker reveals the latest insights from sleep research and shows that evolution did not accidentally equip us with this defenseless and unproductive phase of the daily rhythm. Thanks to the breakthrough development and availability of imaging methods, science can answer for the first time in history why we sleep at all, how sleep benefits our body and brain, and why unsolved long-term sleep deprivation has such devastating consequences for our health.
In a fascinating way, Walker explains how sleep affects logical decision-making, learning and memory, adjusting our emotions and our immune system, as well as metabolism and appetite. And convincingly demonstrates that chronic lack of quality sleep can not only kill us in many different ways, but also influence the decision-making and behavior of society as a whole.
Get to know the latest scientific discoveries that will help you understand the elixir of health, happiness and wisdom in your lives (and beds). In the book you will also find advice on how to remove various bad habits and other obstacles that prevent good sleep for you and your loved ones. The book has been translated into over 30 languages and is already changing the lives of individuals and societies.

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“The evidence that Walker provides is more than enough to go to sleep. It is not a question of choice, but of survival. The shorter you sleep, the shorter you live. ”

The Guardian

“This is not a book, but a manual for the secretive superpower of all of us: quality sleep that heals, regenerates and keeps our body and brain in perfect shape. One of the most important health books ever. ”

Robert Vlach, author of the bestseller Freelance

“An important and inspiring book that you should read knowing that the author, he says, loves sleep and everyone who sleeps. But please don't start reading it at bedtime. ”

Financial Times

“Most of us have no idea what is going on in a third of our lives devoted to sleep. Matthew Walker clearly and engagingly reveals all the secrets that sleep has been through for ages. Read Why we sleep is a pleasure that will force you to continue despite the bedtime.

Daniel Gilbert, professor of psychology at Harvard

In the book you will learn, among other things:

- how to recognize your chronotype and understand its unchanging relationship with the circadian rhythm of the body
- that sleep significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, protects against cancer, Alzheimer's and type II diabetes
- what we know about NREM and REM sleep phases and how they affect the removal of toxic metabolites from the brain
- how dreams alleviate traumas and painful memories and stimulate creativity
- when to take caffeine at the latest, why stay away from sleeping pills and help melatonin tablet
- how sleep patterns change throughout life, and why let teenagers get up in the morning
- about the alarming decrease in immunity after waking up the night
- sleeping less than five hours and the risk of causing a serious accident at the wheel will increase 10x
- how many percent myocardial infarction will increase the day after daylight saving time
- and most importantly, how to learn to sleep well again and sleep soundly

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MATTHEW WALKER

He is Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also founded the Center for Human Sleep Research. He has been doing his research for over 20 years and as a “sleep diplomat” he has roused the public and politicians around the world

Specifications

Basic

Autor Matthew Walker
Počet stran 408 pages
Rok vydání 2018
Nakladatel Jan Melvil publishing
Language Czech

Format & type of protection

Available format ePUB, Kindle (Mobi)
Type of protection Social DRM
Code:  EK26867
Product Number:  978-80-755-5122-1

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