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Happiness: The Science behind Your Smile
Daniel Nettle
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Description for Happiness: The Science behind Your Smile
Paperback. What is happiness? What makes us happy? Why do we strive for happiness? And how might we achieve it? Daniel Nettle explores the origins and purpose of our pursuit of happiness, and uses the results of recent psychological studies to find answers to these questions and more. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones and figures. BIC Classification: JMM; JMR; PDZ; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 121 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
What exactly is happiness? Can we measure it? Why are some people happy and others not? And is there a drug that could eliminate all unhappiness? People all over the world, and throughout the ages, have thought about happiness, argued about its nature, and, most of all, desired it. But why do we have such a strong instinct to pursue happiness? And if happiness is good in itself, why haven't we simply evolved to be happier? Daniel Nettle uses the results of the latest psychological studies to ask what makes people happy and unhappy, what happiness really ... Read more
What exactly is happiness? Can we measure it? Why are some people happy and others not? And is there a drug that could eliminate all unhappiness? People all over the world, and throughout the ages, have thought about happiness, argued about its nature, and, most of all, desired it. But why do we have such a strong instinct to pursue happiness? And if happiness is good in itself, why haven't we simply evolved to be happier? Daniel Nettle uses the results of the latest psychological studies to ask what makes people happy and unhappy, what happiness really ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192805591
SKU
V9780192805591
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About Daniel Nettle
Daniel Nettle is Lecturer in Psychology at University of Newcastle. His publications include Vanishing Voices (with Suzanne Romaine), Linguistic Diversity, and Strong Imagination: Madness, Creativity, and Human Nature. He runs the psychological research website www.psychresearch.org.uk. Vanishing Voices was winner of the BAAL prize for 2001, and was described by The New Yorker as 'a superb study of endangered languages'. Strong ... Read more
Reviews for Happiness: The Science behind Your Smile
A lucid and sensible survey of the latest research.
Independent
Well written, accurate and engaging, with a lightness of touch that makes it a delight to read.
Nature
An authoritative, challenging, even profound analysis of the most up-to-date research into its subject.
Winston Fletcher, THES
Excellent survey of the subject - a lucid, intelligent, ... Read more
Independent
Well written, accurate and engaging, with a lightness of touch that makes it a delight to read.
Nature
An authoritative, challenging, even profound analysis of the most up-to-date research into its subject.
Winston Fletcher, THES
Excellent survey of the subject - a lucid, intelligent, ... Read more