The Family That Couldn't Sleep
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About this book
Explores prions, enigmatic brain proteins, and their influence on human life, examining the case of an Italian family victimized for two centuries by a fatal familial insomnia, and the links between prions and various brain maladies.
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 6665 readers · 299 pages · ≈ 5 h 32 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Family That Couldn't Sleep?
About ≈ 5 h 32 m — 299 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Family That Couldn't Sleep?
299 pages in its most-read edition.
Is The Family That Couldn't Sleep in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Family That Couldn't Sleep?
D. T. Max.