The Science of Happiness: How Our Brains Make Us Happy-and What We Can Do to Get Happier
by Stefan Klein
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The international bestseller. An enthralling exploration of the science of happiness. We all know what it feels like to be happy, but what mechanisms inside our brains trigger such a positiveemotion? What does it really mean to be happy, and why can't we feel that way all of the time? Psychologists and neuroscientists have been studying negative emotions for decades, but until recently few have focused on the subject of happiness. Now, in The Science of Happiness, leading science journalist show more Stefan Klein ranges widely across the latest frontiers of neuroscience and psychology to explain how happiness is generated in our brains, what biological purpose it serves, and the conditions required to foster the 'pursuit of happiness'. A remarkable synthesis of a growing body of research that has not been brought together before, The Science of Happiness is, ultimately, a book that helps us understand our own quest for happiness -- and is certain to help make you happier. show lessTags
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An extremely informative and inspiring book, with a good, if-to my mind-all too brief bibliography
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Stefan Klein, PhD, has received the prestigious Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Science Journalism. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages, and include the #1 international bestseller The Science of Happiness, Survival of the Nicest, The Secret Pulse of Time, and Leanardo's Legacy.
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Il cammeo [Longanesi] (407)
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- De geluksformule: over het onstaan van goede gevoelens
- Original title
- Die Glücksformel oder wie die guten Gefühle entstehen
- Original publication date
- 2002 (Duitse ed.) (Duitse ed.); 2003 (Nederlandse vertaling) (Nederlandse vertaling)
- Epigraph*
- Op gelukkig-zijn is het geluk domweg niet verdacht
Robert Walser - Dedication*
- Voor Alexandra
- Original language*
- Duits
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Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 152.42 — Philosophy & psychology Psychology Sensory perception, movement, emotions, physiological drives Emotions Pleasure, Enjoyment, Happiness, Joy, Ecstasy
- LCC
- BF575 .H27 .K54 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Psychology Psychology Affection. Feeling. Emotion
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- Languages
- 11 — Dutch, English, Estonian, German, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 35
- ASINs
- 7
