Mapping the darkness: the visionary scientists who unlocked the mysteries of sleep

Introduction

Part I: Coming into the territory. Exodus

Arrival

Coming into the territory

Descent and transformation

Part II: Chasing dreams. The body electric

A new continent

Chasing dreams

Pathway to paradox

A society of scientists

The frontier shifts

A new vision

Part III: Awakening. The birth(s) of sleep medicine

Decoding the clockwork

Seeing patterns

Beyond pills and scalpels

Crossroads

Catastrophe

Awakening

Epilogue

Diagram: The anatomy of sleep

Appendix A: A time line of sleep science ; Appendix B: Meanwhile, in a parallel universe: a brief prehistory of chronobiology.