Why We Sleep

Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams is a popular science book about sleep by the neuroscientist and sleep researcher, Matthew Walker. Walker is a professor of neuroscience and psychology and the director of the Center for Human Sleep Science at the University of California, Berkeley.[1]

Not to be confused with Why We Nap.
Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
AuthorMatthew Walker, Ph.D.
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience book
Published3 October 2017, Penguin Random House
Pages368
ISBN978-0-241-26906-0 (Hardcover)

Walker spent four years writing the book, in which he asserts that sleep deprivation is linked to numerous fatal diseases, including dementia.[2][3]

Reception

The book became an international bestseller, including a #1 Sunday Times Bestseller in the UK, and a New York Times Bestseller.[4][5] It received numerous other reviews, including the Guardian, BBC, NPR, Financial Times, UC Berkeley and Kirkus Reviews.[1][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

In a review from Bill Gates, he noted that the book teaches about the importance of sleeping, despite some points in the book not being convincing. He also noted that the book aided him in sleeping better, pointing out that it took a longer time to finish the book as he followed Walker’s word on putting the book down to go to sleep.[13]

The book also received criticism, from Alexey Guzey, an independent researcher with a background in economics and no published papers or peer reviewed work, in an essay entitled Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors.[14] The criticism was discussed on the BBC series More and Less.[15] Guzey's criticism was also discussed by Andrew Gelman, a statistician at Columbia University.[16] In a later post on Columbia's statistics blog, Gelman indicated that Walker's purported removal of a bar from a graph could be a "smoking gun," commenting that it entered "research misconduct" territory.[17]

References
  1. Cooke, Rachel (2017-09-24). "The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life: the new sleep science". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  2. O'Connell, Mark (2017-09-21). "Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker review – how more sleep can save your life". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  3. "A 'catastrophic sleep-loss epidemic' is killing us, warns leading scientist". The Independent. 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  4. "Why We Sleep".
  5. New York Times, Bestsellers, Science
  6. Gray, Richard. "Are you a sleep procrastinator?". Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  7. Kamp, David (10 October 2017). "Exploring the Necessity and Virtue of Sleep". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  8. "Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker – for a longer life, press snooze". Financial Times. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  9. "Why We Sleep". NPR. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  10. Moody, Oliver (30 September 2017). "Review: Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker". Retrieved 4 May 2018 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  11. "Everything you need to know about sleep, but are too tired to ask". 17 October 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  12. "Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  13. Gates, Bill. "This book put me to sleep". gatesnotes.com. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  14. "Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors". Alexey Guzey. January 23, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  15. "Dozy Science". More or Less. 25 January 2020. BBC. Radio 4.
  16. ""Why We Sleep" update: some thoughts while we wait for Matthew Walker to respond to Alexey Guzey's criticisms". Columbia University. November 24, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  17. Gelman, Andrew (2019-12-27). "Why we sleep" data manipulation: A smoking gun?". statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu.
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