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Podcast: Arts & Ideas
Episode: Sleep
Description: Sleep science pioneer Nathaniel Kleitman descended into a cave in 1938 to investigate the nature of our sleep cycle.
The experiment was not a success.
And while it may not have yielded much evidence - a thrilling news report detailing the subterranean sleep project caught the public imagination.
It's one of the stories told in a new book by Kenneth Miller tracing the history of research into sleeping patterns and the impact of sleep deprivation which takes in figures including Pavlov, Joe Borelli, William Dement and Mary Carskadon. John Gallagher talks to Kenneth Miller and to - Dr Diletta da...