Jim Horne is Professor of Psychophysiology and Director of the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Loughborough. He is frequently called upon to discuss topics related to sleep on radio and television, and writes regularly for the broadsheets and for scientific magazines. Previous publications include Why We Sleep (1990, OUP).

an impressive amount of material...a handy tour d'horizon

• Preface ; 1. Petunias, one eyed ducks and rolly-polly mice ; 2. By the brain for the brain ; 3. The Substance of Sleep ; 4. Reality ; 5. Then ; 6. Odd Behaviour ; 7. Skin and Bones ; 8. Sleepiness ; 9. Higher Matters ; 10. Crashing Out ; 11. Time of Life ; 12. Time Travellers ; 13. Good night ; 14. REM sleep ; 15. Or REM wakefulness? ; 16. Cinema of the mind ; 17. The long, the short and the less ; 18. Are we chronically sleep deprived? ; 19. Things that go bump in the night ; 20. A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow ; 21. Snoring, gasping and jumping ; 22. Children ; 23. Fare thee well ; Appendix: Are you a lark, an owl, or neither?

Jim Horne is Professor of Psychophysiology and Director of the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Loughborough. He is frequently called upon to discuss topics related to sleep on radio and television, and writes regularly for the broadsheets and for scientific magazines. Previous publications include Why We Sleep (1990, OUP).

an impressive amount of material...a handy tour d'horizon

• Preface ; 1. Petunias, one eyed ducks and rolly-polly mice ; 2. By the brain for the brain ; 3. The Substance of Sleep ; 4. Reality ; 5. Then ; 6. Odd Behaviour ; 7. Skin and Bones ; 8. Sleepiness ; 9. Higher Matters ; 10. Crashing Out ; 11. Time of Life ; 12. Time Travellers ; 13. Good night ; 14. REM sleep ; 15. Or REM wakefulness? ; 16. Cinema of the mind ; 17. The long, the short and the less ; 18. Are we chronically sleep deprived? ; 19. Things that go bump in the night ; 20. A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow ; 21. Snoring, gasping and jumping ; 22. Children ; 23. Fare thee well ; Appendix: Are you a lark, an owl, or neither?

Jim Horne is Professor of Psychophysiology and Director of the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Loughborough. He is frequently called upon to discuss topics related to sleep on radio and television, and writes regularly for the broadsheets and for scientific magazines. Previous publications include Why We Sleep (1990, OUP).

an impressive amount of material...a handy tour d'horizon

• Preface ; 1. Petunias, one eyed ducks and rolly-polly mice ; 2. By the brain for the brain ; 3. The Substance of Sleep ; 4. Reality ; 5. Then ; 6. Odd Behaviour ; 7. Skin and Bones ; 8. Sleepiness ; 9. Higher Matters ; 10. Crashing Out ; 11. Time of Life ; 12. Time Travellers ; 13. Good night ; 14. REM sleep ; 15. Or REM wakefulness? ; 16. Cinema of the mind ; 17. The long, the short and the less ; 18. Are we chronically sleep deprived? ; 19. Things that go bump in the night ; 20. A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow ; 21. Snoring, gasping and jumping ; 22. Children ; 23. Fare thee well ; Appendix: Are you a lark, an owl, or neither?