The enchanted world of sleep / Peretz Lavie ; translated by Anthony Berris
| Author(s): | Lavie, P. (Peretz), 1949- |
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| Subjects: | Electronic books Sleep--Popular works Sleep disorders--Popular works |
| Formats: | Electronic Resource, Remote |
| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English, Hebrew (translated from) |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | New Haven : Yale University Press, c1996 |
| LC Classification: | Q, QP |
| Table of Contents: | Foreword / Michel Jouvet Introduction 1. Sleep and Death 1 2. Brain Waves 8 3. Nathaniel Kleitman 18 4. The Rhythm of Sleep 26 5. The Twenty-five Hour Day 35 6. From Sun Clocks to Biological Clocks 54 7. Dreams: Creatures of the Brain 65 8. Alfred Maury and the Dream of the Guillotine 76 9. Dreaming as a Separate Reality 89 10. Do Fish Dream? 98 11. The Need for Sleep 111 12. The Eccentricity of REM Sleep 129 13. Sleep Centers 151 14. Sleep Medicine: The First Steps 161 15. Treating Insomnia 174 16. The Physical and Medical Causes of Insomnia 184 17. Disorders in Sleep Timing 189 18. Children Who Refuse to Sleep 205 19. Excessive Sleepiness, or "In the Arms of Morpheus" 216 20. Narcolepsy: Reversal of the Natural Order 234 Epilogue 243 References 247 Index 263 |
| Alternate Title(s): | Òlamah ha-kasum shel ha-shenah. |
| Alternate Titles: | Issued in other form: Original (DLC) 95041304 (OCoLC)33132529 |
| Additional Authors: | NetLibrary, Inc |
| Notes: | Invalid LCCN: 95041304 ISBN: 058535779X (electronic bk.) :$40.00 ISBN: 0300066023 (alk. paper) ISBN: 0300074360 (pbk.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-262) and index Reproduction notes: Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2001. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. This netLibrary eBook does not include some or all of the images that were part of the original hardcopy book |
| Physical Description: | xii, 270 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 47009049 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 058535779X 0300066023 0300074360 |