It’s a pretty widely influential book. While few people I talk to have directly read this book, I’ve had many of the claims in the book mentioned to me when discussing sleep, including many of the ones that guzey fact-checked and found to be lacking. As it often tends to go with very successful popular science books, a lot of the ideas tend to spread far beyond just the original readership of the book.
It’s a pretty widely influential book. While few people I talk to have directly read this book, I’ve had many of the claims in the book mentioned to me when discussing sleep, including many of the ones that guzey fact-checked and found to be lacking. As it often tends to go with very successful popular science books, a lot of the ideas tend to spread far beyond just the original readership of the book.