Mapping the Darkness - The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep

'Fascinating, magisterially researched, and brilliantly written.' Steve Silberman, author of NeurotribesThirty-two days underground. No heat. No sunlight.4 June 1938. Nathaniel Kleitman and his research student make their way down the seventy-one steps leading to the mouth of Mammoth Cave. They are about to embark on one of the most intrepid and bizarre experiments in medical history, one which will change our understanding of sleep forever. Undisturbed by natural light, they will investigate what happens when you overturn one of the fundamental rhythms of the human body. Together, they enter the darkness.When Kleitman first arrived in New York, a penniless twenty-year-old refugee, few would have guessed that in just a few decades he would revolutionise the field of sleep science. In Mapping the Darkness, Kenneth Miller weaves science and history to tell the story of the outsider scientists who took sleep science from the fringes to a mainstream obsession. Reliving the spectacular experiments, technological innovation, imaginative leaps and single-minded commitment of these early pioneers, Miller provides a tantalising glimpse into the most mysterious third of our lives.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kenneth Miller
• Editore: Oneworld
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9780861545162
• ISBN: 978-0-86154-516-2
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 142 mm x 230 mm x 32 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; popular science, SCIENCE / History, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Dreams, SCIENCE / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, SELF-HELP / Dreams, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychology: states of consciousness, Sleep disorders & therapy, History of Science, HEALTH & FITNESS / Sleep, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Neurosciences, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Dreams and their interpretation, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Sleep disorders and therapy, Biography: science, technology and medicine, States Of Consciousness, Dreams & Their Interpretation, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General, Popular medicine and health: the human body, Coping with / advice about sleep problems, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients)