Sleep thieves : an eye-opening exploration into the science and mysteries of sleep / Stanley Coren.
By: Coren, Stanley.
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BookPublisher: New York : Free Press, c1996Description: xi, 304 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0684823047.Subject(s): Sleep -- Physiological aspects | Sleep -- Psychological aspects | Sleep -- Physiological aspects | Sleep -- Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 612.8/21 Summary: Discusses the implications of a society that is functioning on too little sleep, citing the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island nuclear accidents, and space shuttle Challenger disaster as examples of what can happen when people are deprived of sleep.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293) and index.
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Discusses the implications of a society that is functioning on too little sleep, citing the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island nuclear accidents, and space shuttle Challenger disaster as examples of what can happen when people are deprived of sleep.
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