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The Science of Dreams. an Analysis of What You Dream and Why
The Dust jacket is slightly water stained on the edges but the book shows no signs. D J also has minor wear and a few spots but has no tears. Book is NOT ex-library. Pages are age tanned but clean and un-marked. Book ships from Michigan family owned used book store.
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Hardcover
First published January 1, 1962
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About the author
Edwin Diamond
15 books1 followerEdwin Diamond was born in Chicago and was a reporter, writer and senior editor at Newsweek from 1958 to 1970, where he covered the space program. He later worked at The New York Daily News, Adweek magazine, New York magazine, The Washington Journalism Review and in television in Washington.
Among his professional awards was the Page One Award, which he received from the Newspaper Guilds of Chicago, Washington and New York.
Diamond received bachelor's and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago. He wrote 11 books, including The Rise and Fall of the Space Age (Doubleday, 1964), The Spot The Rise of Political Advertising on Television (M.I.T. Press, 1984), and Behind The Times Inside the New New York Times (Villard Books, 1993). His articles appeared in many publications, including Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire and The Nation.
Diamond was also a professor at the Department of Journalism at New York University from 1984 to 1997. He was a fellow, lecturer and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1970 until 1985, where he was also head of the news study group and a frequent contributor to The New York Times.
Edwin Diamond, PhB'47, AM'49, a journalist, author, and NYU professor, died due to heart failure on July 10, 1997 at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. He was 72. After starting his career as a science writer with the International News Service in Chicago, he joined Newsweek in 1957, becoming a senior editor in 1962. He was an on-air commentator for the Washington Post Co., editorial director of Adweek, and cofounder of the Washington Journalism Review. A WWII veteran and a Korean War Army intelligence officer, Diamond received both a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. An associate editor of the New York Daily News in the early 1980s, and a media columnist for New York magazine for 10 years, Diamond was a visiting professor of political science at MIT before joining NYU's faculty in 1984. He wrote a dozen books and won numerous awards for writing, editing, and classroom teaching, as well as a 1994 Professional Achievement Award from the U of C's Alumni Association. He is survived by his wife, Adelina Lust Diamond, AB'47; three daughters, including Ellen Diamond Waldman, AB'73; a sister, Natalie Diamond Peiser, AB'50; and six grandchildren.
Among his professional awards was the Page One Award, which he received from the Newspaper Guilds of Chicago, Washington and New York.
Diamond received bachelor's and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago. He wrote 11 books, including The Rise and Fall of the Space Age (Doubleday, 1964), The Spot The Rise of Political Advertising on Television (M.I.T. Press, 1984), and Behind The Times Inside the New New York Times (Villard Books, 1993). His articles appeared in many publications, including Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire and The Nation.
Diamond was also a professor at the Department of Journalism at New York University from 1984 to 1997. He was a fellow, lecturer and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1970 until 1985, where he was also head of the news study group and a frequent contributor to The New York Times.
Edwin Diamond, PhB'47, AM'49, a journalist, author, and NYU professor, died due to heart failure on July 10, 1997 at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. He was 72. After starting his career as a science writer with the International News Service in Chicago, he joined Newsweek in 1957, becoming a senior editor in 1962. He was an on-air commentator for the Washington Post Co., editorial director of Adweek, and cofounder of the Washington Journalism Review. A WWII veteran and a Korean War Army intelligence officer, Diamond received both a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. An associate editor of the New York Daily News in the early 1980s, and a media columnist for New York magazine for 10 years, Diamond was a visiting professor of political science at MIT before joining NYU's faculty in 1984. He wrote a dozen books and won numerous awards for writing, editing, and classroom teaching, as well as a 1994 Professional Achievement Award from the U of C's Alumni Association. He is survived by his wife, Adelina Lust Diamond, AB'47; three daughters, including Ellen Diamond Waldman, AB'73; a sister, Natalie Diamond Peiser, AB'50; and six grandchildren.
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April 24, 2017
From the book
We dream five or six times a night
Dreams last about 20 minutes on the average
If we are deprived of dreams tensions build up and, if deprived of dreams long enough, hallucinations may occur.
Other subjects the author explored were: test subjects, relationship between I.Q. and dreaming was investigated; none could be discerned (Erickson), most dreams were set in familiar or vaguely familiar places (Hall), unpleasant dreams were more numerous than pleasant ones (Hall), color…is merely an embellishment on the dream and does not signify anything in itself (Mammoth), schizophrenics’ dreams were often flat, vacant and unevocative of sleep as soon as the dream pattern appears and the REMs begin, the sleeper’s twisting and turnings cease (Dement & Wolpert).
The Science of Dreams was an interesting read. Since the The Science of Dreams was copyrighted in 1962, it might be interesting to learn the current research on the science of dreams.
We dream five or six times a night
Dreams last about 20 minutes on the average
If we are deprived of dreams tensions build up and, if deprived of dreams long enough, hallucinations may occur.
Other subjects the author explored were: test subjects, relationship between I.Q. and dreaming was investigated; none could be discerned (Erickson), most dreams were set in familiar or vaguely familiar places (Hall), unpleasant dreams were more numerous than pleasant ones (Hall), color…is merely an embellishment on the dream and does not signify anything in itself (Mammoth), schizophrenics’ dreams were often flat, vacant and unevocative of sleep as soon as the dream pattern appears and the REMs begin, the sleeper’s twisting and turnings cease (Dement & Wolpert).
The Science of Dreams was an interesting read. Since the The Science of Dreams was copyrighted in 1962, it might be interesting to learn the current research on the science of dreams.
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