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This Is Why You Dream
- Author
- Rahul Jandial
- Narrator
- Rahul Jandial
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Publish Date
- 18 April 2024
- Run Time
- 6 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
Dreams are a source of mystery. They have changed the course of individual lives and the world, spurring business deals, inspiring art and scientific breakthroughs, triggering military invasions and mental breakdowns. Yet the source of dreams is not mysterious. They are the product of an extraordinary transformation that occurs in the brain each night when we sleep.
In this pioneering book, bestselling neurosurgeon Rahul Jandial delves into the dreaming brain and shares stories from his own practice to show the astonishing impact that dreams have on our waking life. He explains how dreaming of an exam might help you score up to 20% higher, why taking a long nap could make you better at problem-solving, and even that certain dream disorders can warn you of serious diseases like Parkinson’s years ahead of other symptoms. He offers clear and compelling advice, backed by new research, to become a lucid dreamer, understand your dreaming patterns and unleash their creative power.
Sharing the very latest discoveries in modern neuroscience, This Is Why You Dream provides answers to some fundamental questions: Why do we dream? How do we dream? What do dreams mean? And perhaps, most importantly, do we sleep in order to dream?
'COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED MY WAY OF THINKING ABOUT DREAMS' Jay Shetty
'A JOURNEY THROUGH NEUROSCIENCE, NEUROCHEMISTRY, MAGIC, MYSTERY . . . A FANTASTIC READ' Dr Rangan Chatterjee
'TRANSFORMATIONAL' Julia Samuel
'ELEGANTLY LIFTS THE CURTAIN ON THE DREAMSCAPE TERRITORY' David Eagleman
'THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE' Lewis Howes
'OUR POET LAUREATE OF NEUROSCIENCE' Greg Whyte
'AN INSTANT CLASSIC' Bryan Fogel
©2024 Rahul Jandial (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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This book will change your life. Rahul Jandial dares to explain dreaming and I can think of no one better to take on this challenge. Dr Jandial writes with verve and delivers powerful insights based on science, stories and his personal synthesis of big ideas.
Lewis Howes, author and host of The School of Greatness
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A profound and riveting exploration into how and why we dream. Rahul Jandial has done the seemingly impossible – offering deep and bold insights founded on the discoveries of modern neuroscience – and in doing so has written a book that will undoubtedly stand the test of time. Professor Jandial is our poet laureate of neuroscience.
GREG WHYTE, Olympian and author of Achieve the Impossible
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In This is Why You Dream, Rahul Jandial does what all brilliant storytellers do - he articulates the unique, complex beauty of being human, in this case while we sleep.
LIZ KILGARRIFF, Emmy-nominated CEO & Founder Firebird Pictures, former Head of BBC Drama
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In This Is Why You Dream, author and neurosurgeon Rahul Jandial demystifies and skillfully explains why dreams occur and the marvelous things we can learn from them. After several decades of reading and reviewing books on sleep and dreams, I think This Is Why You Dream is one of the best I’ve encountered. Rahul Jandial writes persuasively and with authority and imagination.
DR RICHARD RESTAK, neurologist and author of The Complete Guide to Memory
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This is an important book. The writing is beautiful, the explanations are graspable, and the stories are revealing. The idea that dreaming can help us cope with loss and grief is transformational and reassuring.
JULIA SAMUEL, author of Grief Works
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In This is Why You Dream, Rahul Jandial looks inside our head to find purpose and inspiration in work and life.
SOPHIE DEVONSHIRE, CEO The Marketing Society and author of Superfast
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How inspiring that dreaming keeps our imagination boundless. For anyone in the arts and creative spaces this is a must-read book and an instant classic.
BRYAN FOGEL, Oscar-nominated filmmaker
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A generous guide into the bizarre world of the dreamscape. Rahul is a reassuring companion on this quest to fathom the seemingly unfathomable; he makes complicated neuroscience effortless to understand, kindles our curiosity and rewards us with dizzying revelations. Mind-blowing.
Jackie Higgins, author of SENTIENT
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Details
- Author
- Rahul Jandial
- Narrator
- Rahul Jandial
- Duration
- 6 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 April 2024
- ISBN
- 9781804949078
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Genre
- Popular science, Psychology: states of consciousness, Neurosciences, Coping with / advice about sleep problems, Cognitive studies, Physiological psychology, neuropsychology, biopsychology
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024Dreams are a source of mystery. They have changed the course of individual lives and the world, spurring business deals, inspiring art and scientific breakthroughs, triggering military invasions and mental breakdowns. Yet the source of dreams is not mysterious. They are the product of an extraordinary transformation that occurs in the brain each night when we sleep.In this pioneering book, bestselling neurosurgeon Rahul Jandial delves into the dreaming brain and shares stories from his own practice to show the astonishing impact that dreams have on our waking life. He explains how dreaming of an exam might help you score up to 20% higher, why taking a long nap could make you better at problem-solving, and even that certain dream disorders can warn you of serious diseases like Parkinson’s years ahead of other symptoms. He offers clear and compelling advice, backed by new research, to become a lucid dreamer, understand your dreaming patterns and unleash their creative power.Sharing the very latest discoveries in modern neuroscience, This Is Why You Dream provides answers to some fundamental questions: Why do we dream? How do we dream? What do dreams mean? And perhaps, most importantly, do we sleep in order to dream?'COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED MY WAY OF THINKING ABOUT DREAMS' Jay Shetty'A JOURNEY THROUGH NEUROSCIENCE, NEUROCHEMISTRY, MAGIC, MYSTERY . . . A FANTASTIC READ' Dr Rangan Chatterjee'TRANSFORMATIONAL' Julia Samuel'ELEGANTLY LIFTS THE CURTAIN ON THE DREAMSCAPE TERRITORY' David Eagleman'THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE' Lewis Howes'OUR POET LAUREATE OF NEUROSCIENCE' Greg Whyte'AN INSTANT CLASSIC' Bryan Fogel©2024 Rahul Jandial (P)2024 Penguin Audio
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