Fantasies of Extremes: Sports, War and the Science of Sleep

BioSocieties

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 257-271

  Wolf Meyer, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme Sport; Insomnia; Military Science; Science Fiction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044987868     PISSN: 17458552     EISSN: 17458560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1745855209990032     Document Type: Article

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