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http://www.amazon.com/Why-we-nap-STAMPI/dp/0817634622

I always link to this source; in a subject full of anecdotes and misinformation, this book is essential for providing substantial and concrete scientific results.

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An excellent read, yes. It includes a couple of chapters specifically dedicated to polyphasic, and the entire book focuses on different sleep cycles.

For those still in/at college in the US, interlibrary loan has several copies available around the country. That's how I got to read a copy.

I was prepared to buy until the page loaded. Yikes.

  1 used from $314.52

I hope there are some other publications on the subject of greater or equal quality that have yet to go out of print.

You can easily find a pdf to download, if you're comfortable with that.

The comments here[1] suggest ahem alternatives.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/review/R3W1ZLVUQ1N867/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt...

get it from your library. But actually, if you read it you the #1 point is simply that sleep patterns are not a well understood concept - there is little evidence to say that any pattern is a good or bad concept. The author sleeps for 6 hours at night and takes a siesta.

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