This book brings together an unprecedented number and range of contributions from different disciplines relating to sleep in one comprehensive volume.The contributors explore the science of sleep - what it is, what makes it happen and why we do it - as well as the measurement of sleep, its importance for daytime performance and its sociological and cultural aspects. Sleep disorders, sleep quality and the importance of sleep for daytime performance are also explored, as are the ways...

This book draws on a variety of substantive examples from science, technology, medicine, literature, and popular culture to highlight how a new technoscientifically mediated and modified phase and form of technosleep is now in the making – in the global north at least; and to discuss the consequences for our relationships to sleep, the values we accord sleep and the very nature and normativities of sleep itself.The authors discuss how technosleep, at its simplest denotes the ‘comin...

Have you ever wondered what your cat is thinking or trying to tell you in his language?For many of us, cat language feels foreign, difficult to understand, and even harder to decipher.We all know about the effects that an untrained cat can have on our stress levels and wallet.Proper training and care can make it easy to raise a well-behaved and loving companion.More often than not, cats can have tricky to solve behavior problems that can easily escalate with...