How can a neuroscientist and an architect help us to understand the world of sleep and the rhythms that govern our lives?
Sleep, Light, Architecture
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A conversation between Professor Russell Foster, author of Lifetime (Penguin, 2022), and Head of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University of Oxford, and world-renowned architect Ian Ritchie.
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