Counting Sheep: The science and pleasures of sleep and dreams

We Spend One Third Of Our Lives Asleep, But Know Hardly Anything About It. Why? Why Are We Paralysed When We Dream? Why Did Sleep Evolve? And Is Anybody Getting Enough? Paul Martin Tackles The Science Of Sleeping, And Draws On Both Neuroscience And Classic Literature To Do So. Pt. I. Preliminaries. 1. A Third Of Life -- Pt. Ii. Insufficiencies. 2. Sleepy People. 3. Dead Tired. 4. The Golden Chain -- Pt. Iii. Mechanisms. 5. The Shapes Of Sleep. 6. Morpheus Undressed. 7. Strange Tales Of Erections And Yawning. 8. Friends And Enemies Of Sleep -- Pt. Iv. Dreams. 9. The Children Of An Idle Brain? 10. A Second Life -- Pt. V. Origins. 11. From Egg To Grave. 12. The Reason Of Sleep -- Pt. Vi. Problems. 13. Bad Sleepers. 14. Dark Night. 15. Pickwickian Problems -- Pt. Vii. Pleasures. 16. And So To Bed. 17. An Excellent Thing. Paul Martin. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 352-394) And Index.