Some must watch while some must sleep (The Portable Stanford series) Cover
Podcast Mentions

Some must watch while some must sleep (The Portable Stanford series)

William C. Dement

One of the nation's leading sleep researchers, Dr. Dement founded the Sleep Laboratory at Stanford in 1963. This is his study of the nature of sleep and what happens when you sleep and dream.

Podcasts 1
Quotes 2
No Stupid Questions

Angela referenced this book she read as a teenager, which had a forest green cover with a Picasso painting of a sleeping woman. The book detailed the story of a colleague of DeMent's who began sleeping only four hours a night after the age of 23, a pattern that continued for the rest of his life.

"

I read this book when I was a teenager that my sister had on her shelf. I can picture it vividly. It had a forest green cover with a Picasso painting of a woman sleeping. It was called Why Some Must S...

— Episode: 50. Are You as Observant as You Think?

Episode: 50. Are You as Observant as You Think?

Angela referenced this book she read as a teenager, which had a forest green cover with a Picasso painting of a sleeping woman. The book detailed the story of a colleague of DeMent's who began sleeping only four hours a night after the age of 23, a pattern that continued for the rest of his life.

"

I read this book when I was a teenager that my sister had on her shelf. I can picture it vividly. It had a forest green cover with a Picasso painting of a woman sleeping. It was called Why Some Must Sleep and Others Must Watch.

The name of the book is actually Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep, a line from Act 3, Scene 2 of Hamlet. Its author is the famed sleep researcher William DeMent, who died in 2020 at 100 years old.

Note: The book recommendations on this page are discovered automatically from podcast transcripts, and may be incorrect or incomplete.