Kazhdaja sostavljajuschaja krepkogo zdorovja i mnogochislennye sotsialnye svjazi razrushajutsja nashim prenebrezhitelnym otnosheniem ko snu, kotoroe obkhoditsja nam vesma dorogo - kak s chelovecheskoj, tak i s finansovoj tochki zrenija. Nevrolog Mettju Uolker issleduet problemy sna, s kotorymi stalkivaetsja mnozhestvo sovremennykh ljudej, i objasnjaet, pochemu my ni v koem sluchae ne dolzhny zhertvovat snom radi chego-to, chto kazhetsja nam bolee znachimym. Kniga "Zachem my spim" daet predstavlenie o mekhanizmakh sna ego blagotvornom vlijanii, a takzhe rasskazyvaet, pochemu posledstvija khronicheskogo nedosypanija pagubny dlja zdorovja.
Matthew Walker is a British scientist and professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on the impact of sleep on human health and disease. Previously, he was a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.