Why We Sleep
With two appearances on CBS This Morning and Fresh Air's most popular interview of 2017, Matthew Walker has made abundantly clear that sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when it is absent. Compared to the other basic drives in life—eating, drinking, and reproducing—the purpose of sleep remains more elus
ISBN: 9780141983769
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Jason Fried
Business & Entrepreneurship"Highly recommended."
book list View source ↗"Think 6 hours is enough sleep? Think you can power through periods of limited sleep and make it up later? Think you’re immune to sleep deprivation because you’re born to hustle? Read this book and think again. “Why We Sleep” is highly recommended —>"
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Keith Rabois
Finance & Investing"Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter."
book list View source ↗"@paulg @rivatez Upside of Stress, Why We Sleep, The Score Takes Care of Itself, The Little Kingdom, Vision of the Anointed."
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Michael Mauboussin
Finance & Investing"[One of] my favorite science books in 2018."
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Alexis Ohanian
Business & Entrepreneurship"One of the best and most important books I've read [in 2019]."
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Bill Gates
Business & Entrepreneurship"Explains how neglecting sleep undercuts your creativity, problem solving, decision-making, learning, memory, heart health, brain health, mental health, emotional well-being, immune system, and even your life span."
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Bryan Johnson
Technology"Not only did I become convinced that getting high-quality sleep is the best protector and enhancer of health and cognition, but it is also the most underappreciated."
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Vinod Khosla
Finance & Investing"Best book on the subject [of sleep]."
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Amanda Palmer
Music"p.p.s. here’s the source of this figure, this book is absolutely magnificent and will totally change your understanding of and relationship to sleep (and other substances):"
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David Heinemeier Hansson
Technology"@noahkrueger @brittballard Check the Why We Sleep book."
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Jonathan Sacks
Philosophy & Religion"What were the best books you read in 2017? Very interested in your opinions as I am always looking for good books to read. Here are some of my choices; books by Michael Walker, @DouglasKMurray, Dr Jean Twenge and Dr Edith Eger."
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