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Mapping the darkness : the visionary scientists who unlocked the mysteries of sleep / Kenneth Miller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 414 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780306924958
  • 0306924951
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Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Coming into the territory. Exodus -- Arrival -- Coming into the territory -- Descent and transformation -- Part II: Chasing dreams. The body electric -- A new continent -- Chasing dreams -- Pathway to paradox -- A society of scientists -- The frontier shifts -- A new vision -- Part III: Awakening. The birth(s) of sleep medicine -- Decoding the clockwork -- Seeing patterns -- Beyond pills and scalpels -- Crossroads -- Catastrophe -- Awakening -- Epilogue -- Diagram: The anatomy of sleep -- Appendix A: A time line of sleep science ; Appendix B: Meanwhile, in a parallel universe: a brief prehistory of chronobiology.
Summary: Journalist Kenneth Miller weaves science with history to tell the story of four outsider academics who carried the study of sleep from fringe discipline to mainstream obsession. In the 1920s Nathaniel Kleitman founded the world's first dedicated sleep lab, with breakthrough experiments in 1938. Kleitman mentored Eugene Aserinsky who discovered REM sleep, and William Dement, who became known as the father of sleep medicine. Dement, in turn, mentored Mary Carskadon, who uncovered an epidemic of sleep deprivation among teenagers.-- Adapted from book jacket flap.
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY THE NEW YORKER



NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE SELECTION



"A propulsive, utterly engrossing history... None of it is simple and all of it is captivating."-- The New York Times



"Mapping the Darkness offers two narratives at once: a sweeping journey of discovery about dreams, sleep and the terra incognita of unconsciousness; and a wake-up call about the dangers of chronic exhaustion. It's time, Mr. Miller tells us, to take our sleep back." -- The W all Street Journal



From award-winning journalist Kenneth Miller comes the definitive story of the scientists who set out to answer two questions: "Why do we sleep?" and "How can we sleep better?"



A century ago, sleep was considered a state of nothingness--even a primitive habit that we could learn to overcome. Then, an immigrant scientist and his assistant spent a month in the depths of a Kentucky cave, making nationwide headlines and thrusting sleep science to the forefront of our consciousness.



In the 1920s, Nathaniel Kleitman founded the world's first dedicated sleep lab at the University of Chicago, where he subjected research participants (including himself) to a dizzying array of tests and tortures. But the tipping point came in 1938, when his cave experiment awakened the general public to the unknown--and vital--world of sleep. Kleitman went on to mentor the talented but troubled Eugene Aserinsky, whose discovery of REM sleep revealed the astonishing activity of the dreaming brain, and William Dement, a jazz-bass playing revolutionary who became known as the father of sleep medicine. Dement, in turn, mentored the brilliant maverick Mary Carskadon, who uncovered an epidemic of sleep deprivation among teenagers, and launched a global movement to fight it.



Award-winning journalist Kenneth Miller weaves together science and history to tell the story of four outsider scientists who took sleep science from fringe discipline to mainstream obsession through spectacular experiments, technological innovation, and single-minded commitment. Readers will walk away with a comprehensive understanding of sleep and why it affects so much of our lives.

Journalist Kenneth Miller weaves science with history to tell the story of four outsider academics who carried the study of sleep from fringe discipline to mainstream obsession. In the 1920s Nathaniel Kleitman founded the world's first dedicated sleep lab, with breakthrough experiments in 1938. Kleitman mentored Eugene Aserinsky who discovered REM sleep, and William Dement, who became known as the father of sleep medicine. Dement, in turn, mentored Mary Carskadon, who uncovered an epidemic of sleep deprivation among teenagers.-- Adapted from book jacket flap.

Introduction -- Part I: Coming into the territory. Exodus -- Arrival -- Coming into the territory -- Descent and transformation -- Part II: Chasing dreams. The body electric -- A new continent -- Chasing dreams -- Pathway to paradox -- A society of scientists -- The frontier shifts -- A new vision -- Part III: Awakening. The birth(s) of sleep medicine -- Decoding the clockwork -- Seeing patterns -- Beyond pills and scalpels -- Crossroads -- Catastrophe -- Awakening -- Epilogue -- Diagram: The anatomy of sleep -- Appendix A: A time line of sleep science ; Appendix B: Meanwhile, in a parallel universe: a brief prehistory of chronobiology.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-398) and index.

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