Dreamland:
Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep by David K. Randall is an
informational book that delves deep into an area of study many do not know much
about—sleep! Randall, a senior reporter at Reuters and an assistant professor
at New York University, started researching the science when he realized he had
a huge sleepwalking problem. Since there was not much on the subject, he
decided to do some fact-finding himself. The book consists of information on
the connections made between sleeping and diseases such as diabetes, cancer,
and obesity. Dreamland also includes the history, myths, and the answers to
questions many might have about the nightly activity of sleeping.
I chose this
book to be my Independent Reading Book because I, like Randall, am very interested
in the science of sleep. I would like to learn how past civilizations had
treated sleep and if it was as valuable (or invaluable) as it is to people
today. In addition, I have wondered many times if I myself have a sleeping
issue, since I tend to wake up multiple times in the middle of the night for no
reason. I hope to get lots of new information through this book as well as some
answers for the questions I have about sleep.
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