The oracle of night : the history and science of dreams
Record details
- ISBN: 1524746908
- ISBN: 9781524746902
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Physical Description:
x, 466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2021]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in Brazil as O oráculo da noite : A história e a ciência do sonho by Companhia das Letras, São Paulo, in 2019. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-436) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Why do we dream? -- The ancestral dream -- From living gods to psychoanalysis -- Unique dreams and typical dreams -- First images -- The evolution of dreaming -- The biochemistry of dreams -- Madness is a dream one dreams alone -- Sleeping and remembering -- The reverberation of memories -- Genes and memes -- Sleeping to create -- REM sleep isn't dreaming -- Desires, emotions, and nightmares -- The probabilistic oracle -- Missing the dead, and the inner world of culture -- Does dreaming have a future? -- Dreaming and destiny -- Epilogue. |
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Subject: | Dreams History Dreams Physiological aspects Dreams |
Genre: | Instructional and educational works. |
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- 6 of 6 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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Cambria County Library | 612.821 R484o (Text) | 85131001830380 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Parkland Community Library | 612.821 RIB (Text) | 34422007232461 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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