Mysterious sleep

Author: Trudy Romanek
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Did you know? If you live to be 70, you will spend 23 years sleeping. The composer Mozart got inspired by music he heard in his dreams. A gorilla who learned sign language makes sign language movements while sleeping. It's late, and it's dark. You're reading a book quietly under your blanket with a flashlight. After reading more than 3 pages, you'll quickly know if the hero escaped the danger! You need to stay awake, but your body wants to sleep. Your eyelids flutter, and you wonder (yawn) why it's time to uncover the mysteries of sleep: understanding why you need to sleep, how your biological clock works, the stages of sleep, what happens during dreams, and open this book to explore the secrets of the "land of drowsiness" – it will definitely open your mind and excite you so much that you won't want to sleep!