Medicine

Matthew Walker’s love of sleep led him to Harvard, Nottingham, and then to Berkeley where he is Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory. Over 100 scientific research papers have been published by Walker over the course of his twenty year career. His first book is Why We Sleep.
Amazing. . . an amazing book . . . Absolutely chocker of information that we should know’ Chris Evans’Matthew Walker may be the most influential person on the planet’ Evening StandardTHE #1 DAY TIMES BESTSELLERLS, OBSERVER, SUNDAY TIMES FT, GUARDIAN, DAILY MARKET AND EVENING STANDARD BOOKS FOR 2017 This book is the first to be written by a scientist expert. It focuses on twenty years of cutting-edge research that explains why sleep matters. Why We Sleep examines the lives of animals and humans from all walks of life. It explains everything, from how caffeine and alcohol affect sleep to the reasons why our sleep patterns change over time. This will transform our understanding of this extraordinary phenomenon that protects our existence. “Startling, vital” . . A life-raft Guardian’Top sleep scientist claims that sleep is more important than exercise or diet for our health’ The Times’Passionate, urgent . . It had a powerful impact on me” Observer