Jessa Gamble
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Jessa Gamble | |
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| Born | April 25, 1979 Oxford, England |
| Alma mater | Lisgar Collegiate Institute University of Toronto |
| Occupations | Author, journalist |
Jessa Gamble (born April 25, 1979), née Sinclair, is a Canadian and English author and co-owner of the science blog The Last Word on Nothing.[1] Her book, The Siesta and the Midnight Sun: How Our Bodies Experience Time[2] (Penguin Group), documents the rituals surrounding daily rhythms. Along with local languages and beliefs, these schedules are losing their global diversity[3] and succumbing to what Gamble calls "circadian imperialism."[4] The foreword was written by Canadian broadcaster Jay Ingram.
In recent years, Gamble has turned her attention to research on reducing the need for sleep[5] by making it more efficient and concentrated.[6] She is a regular commentator on issues around sleep, such as the morality of sleep,[7] Seasonal Affective Disorder,[8] and cultural differences in daily rhythms.[9]
Gamble's work has appeared in The Guardian,[10] as well as Aeon Magazine,[11] Scientific American,[12] New Scientist,[13] The Walrus,[14] The Atlantic,[15] Canadian Geographic[16] and Nature[17] magazines.
At TED Global 2011 in Oxford, England, Gamble spoke about the natural sleep cycle of humans, which includes a two-hour waking period in the middle of the night. As of November 2018[update], the talk had more than two and a half million views.[18]
While residing in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, she worked as an editor at Up Here,[19] the magazine about Canada's North,[20] and served as writer in residence at the Yellowknife Public Library, mentoring local aspiring writers.[21]
In September 2014, Palgrave Macmillan published her book collaboration with fund manager Guy Spier, "The Education of a Value Investor".[22]
