A neuroscientist shows how a good night's shut-eye can make us cleverer, more attractive, slimmer, happier, healthier and ward off cancer . . . it's probably a little too soon to tell you that it saved my life, but it's been an eye-opener -- Mark O'Connell * Guardian *
Passionate, urgent . . . it had a powerful effect on me -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *
Compelling and utterly convincing . . . you'll never think of your bedtime in the same way again -- James McConnachie * The Sunday Times *
A stimulating and important book . . . richly packed with science -- Clive Cookson * Financial Times *
Uplifting . . . Walker is in love with sleep and wants us to fall in love with sleep, too -- David Kamp * The New York Times *
Matthew Walker is probably one of the most influential people on the planet -- Katie Law * Evening Standard *
Astonishing ... an amazing book ... absolutely chocker full of things that we need to know -- Chris Evans
Passionate, urgent, convincing . . . it had a powerful effect on me -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *
A powerful rallying cry by a researcher at the top of his game. If you want an effective distillation of a science that reaches deep into the frontiers of consciousness and identity . . . this is a good place to start. -- Oliver Moody * The Times *
A stimulating and important book . . . richly packed with science . . . Walker describes superbly what is going on in the brain during sleep and dreaming -- Clive Cookson * Financial Times *
Startling, sobering, vital, a life raft. . . . it's probably a little too soon to tell you that Why We Sleep saved my life, but I can tell you that it's been an eye-opener -- Mark O'Connell * Guardian *
Why We Sleep is a book on a mission...One especially winning attribute of Walker is that he's not a scold. He frames his suggestions for more healthful sleep habits not as a series of eat-your-Wheaties admonitions, but as wondrous, uplifting improvements in quality of life...Why We Sleep mounts a persuasive, exuberant case for addressing our societal sleep deficit and for the virtues of sleep itself. It is recommended for night-table reading in the most pragmatic sense * The New York Times Book Review *
This is brilliant popular science writing: accessible, compelling and enlightening -- David Lodge * Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year *
One of my favourite books this year, and definitely the most useful . . . Now I go to sleep much earlier and feel much better for it. -- William Leith * Evening Standard Books of the Year *
A top sleep scientist argues that sleep is more important for our health than diet or exercise -- Tom Whipple * The Times *
Most of us have no idea what we do with a third of our lives. In this lucid and engaging book, Matt Walker explains the new science that is rapidly solving this age-old mystery. Why We Sleep is a canny pleasure that will have you turning pages well past your bedtime -- Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness
Simply a must-read. World-renowned neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker takes us on a fascinating and indispensable journey into the latest understandings of the science of sleep . . . that may change the way you live your life. In these super-charged, distracting times it is hard to think of a book that is more important to read than this one -- Adam Gazzaley, co-author of The Distracted Mind