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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451380403321

Autore

Nettle Daniel

Titolo

Happiness [[electronic resource] ] : the science behind your smile / / Daniel Nettle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-280-75268-8

0-19-156671-3

1-4294-3075-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

152.4/2

Soggetti

Happiness

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references(p. 198-212).

Nota di contenuto

Comfort and joy -- Bread and circuses -- Love and work -- Worriers and enthusiasts -- Wanting and liking -- Panaceas and placebos -- A design for living.

Sommario/riassunto

The pursuit of happiness has been recognized by everyone from poets to politicians as what makes the world go round. The world's largest and fastest-growing industries - alcohol, pharmaceuticals, mind altering drugs, self-help books, counselling, travel and tourism - all profit heavily from our intent to become completely happy with our lives. This is the first book to comprehensively address the most basic of human desires. - ;Everybody wants it. But what exactly is happiness?. The pursuit of happiness has been recognized by everyone from poets to politicians as what makes the world go round.