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portada the mathematical structure of the human sleep-wake cycle
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
1986
Language
English
Pages
239
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23.4 x 15.6 x 1.4 cm
Weight
0.36 kg.
ISBN
3540171762
ISBN13
9783540171768

the mathematical structure of the human sleep-wake cycle

Steven H. Strogatz (Author) · Springer · Paperback

the mathematical structure of the human sleep-wake cycle - Strogatz, Steven H.

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Synopsis "the mathematical structure of the human sleep-wake cycle"

Over the past three years I have grown accustomed to the puzzled look which appears on people's faces when they hear that I am a mathematician who studies sleep. They wonder, but are usually too polite to ask, what does mathematics have to do with sleep? Instead they ask the questions that fascinate us all: Why do we have to sleep? How much sleep do we really need? Why do we dream? These questions usually spark a lively discussion leading to the exchange of anecdotes, last night's dreams, and other personal information. But they are questions about the func- tion of sleep and, interesting as they are, I shall have little more to say about them here. The questions that have concerned me deal instead with the timing of sleep. For those of us on a regular schedule, questions of timing may seem vacuous. We go to bed at night and get up in the morning, going through a cycle of sleeping and waking every 24 hours. Yet to a large extent, the cycle is imposed by the world around us.

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