
Spindles
Stories from the Science of Sleep
Comma Press
Will be published approx. on 26. November 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-905583-69-0 (ISBN)
Description
The science of sleep is changing. Recent studies are revolutionising the way we think about 'nature's second course' and its relationship to memory, decision-making and motor skills. And yet very little of this new research has so far been touch by fiction writers. Despite storytelling's age-old fascination with sleep and dreams, authors have yet to properly address even the basics of contemporary sleep science. This commission is the first attempt to incorporate some of this new theory into storytelling and popular fiction: from memory consolidation, to the 'printing' of new memories during sleep, from sleep disorders like parasomnia, to genetic theories about insomnia - these stories cover everything the modern field has to offer, whilst staying in touch with the age-old mythology that still surrounds and informs our understanding of sleep.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Mytholmroyd
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-905583-69-0 (9781905583690)
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Penny Lewis is a Professor at the University of Manchester and Head of the Manchester Sleep Lab. Ra Page is Founding Editor of Comma Press.