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Why We Nap
C. . Ed(S): Stampi
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Description for Why We Nap
Paperback. Editor(s): Stampi, C. Num Pages: 303 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 534.
J ÜRGEN AscHOFF "Very bad habit! Very bad habit!" Captain Giles to Joseph Conrad who had taken a siesta. -Conrad: The Shadow Line On the Multiplicity of Rest-Activity Cycles: Some Historical and Conceptual Notes According to its title this book tries to answer the profound question of why we nap-and why Captain Giles was wrong in blaming Conrad for having napped. However, in this volume the term nap is not used in the narrower sense of an afternoon siesta; instead, emphasis is placed on the recurrent alternation between states of alertness and drowsiness, i. e. , on rest-activity cycles of ... Read more
J ÜRGEN AscHOFF "Very bad habit! Very bad habit!" Captain Giles to Joseph Conrad who had taken a siesta. -Conrad: The Shadow Line On the Multiplicity of Rest-Activity Cycles: Some Historical and Conceptual Notes According to its title this book tries to answer the profound question of why we nap-and why Captain Giles was wrong in blaming Conrad for having napped. However, in this volume the term nap is not used in the narrower sense of an afternoon siesta; instead, emphasis is placed on the recurrent alternation between states of alertness and drowsiness, i. e. , on rest-activity cycles of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Secaucus, United States
ISBN
9781475722123
SKU
V9781475722123
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
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