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The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson: 5. Sleep

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5. Sleep

The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

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Bill Bryson concludes his journey around the human body with a look at sleep.

Bill Bryson reads from his fascinating, witty journey around the human body, concluding on the strangeness of sleep. From 2019.

Bill Bryson concludes his journey around the human body with the strangeness of sleep.

This is a fascinating, witty and often surprising journey around the human body.

The Body: A Guide for Occupants confirms Bryson as a true polymath. In it, he answers questions such as how much would it cost to make a human and why our faces have evolved their peculiar shape, as well as exploring the mysteries that continue to elude scientists tod

Read by Bill Bryson.  

Abridged by Katrin Williams.

Producer:  Ciaran Bermingham

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.

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Bill Bryson reads from his fascinating, witty and surprising journey around the human body

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