Leon Kreitzman
Freelance Writer,
Leon Kreitzman is a writer interested in how biology and society interact to influence human behaviour. His 1998 book The 24 Hour Society was followed by two more co-authored books on circadian and circannual rhythms. His latest book will be published by OUP in March 2017. He is a visiting consultant at the Nuffield Health Centre at Oxford University
Broken sleep
Leon KreitzmanI am sorry to disabuse the author of the item, but there is conaiderable serious scientific dissent with Ekirch’s generalised findings. Chapter and verse can be cited , but a key observation is that in societies that live much closer to the natural world than we do e.g. without electricity , do not display segmented sleep. Tp claiom that suich a sleep, pattern is somehow ‘natural’ is misplaced.
Sorry to spoil a good story with a fact, albeit a killer one