Why We Nap: Evolution, Chronobiology, and Functions of Polyphasic and Ultrashort Sleep

by BROUGHTON and Claudio Stampi

Book Overview

J RGEN AscHOFF "Very bad habit Very bad habit " Captain Giles to Joseph Conrad who had taken a siesta. -Conrad: The Shadow Line On the Multiplicity of Rest-Activity Cycles: Some Historical and Conceptual Notes According to its title this book tries to answer the profound question of why we nap-and why Captain Giles was wrong in blaming Conrad for having napped. However, in this volume the term nap is not used in the narrower sense of an afternoon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475722125
• ISBN13: 9781475722123
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"