02686nam 22004935 450 991045736590332120210114045257.01-283-36971-097866133697100-520-95142-510.1525/9780520951426(DE-B1597)519826(OCoLC)769342349(DE-B1597)9780520951426(MiAaPQ)EBC816153(EXLCZ)99255000000007413220200424h20122012 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrEngineering Happiness A New Approach for Building a Joyful Life /Manel Baucells, Rakesh SarinBerkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2012]©20121 online resource (247 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26820-2 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: Engineers on Happiness -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Science of Happiness -- Part I. Overview -- Part II. Laws of Happiness -- Part III. Engineering a Happier Life -- Notes -- IndexManel Baucells and Rakesh Sarin have been conducting ground-breaking research on happiness for more than a decade, and in this book they distill their provocative findings into a lively, accessible guide for a wide audience of readers. Integrating their own research with the latest thinking in the behavioral and social sciences-including management science, psychology, and economics-they offer a new approach to the puzzle of happiness. Woven throughout with wisdom from the world's religions and literatures, Engineering Happiness has something to offer everyone-regardless of background, profession, or aspiration-who wants to better understand, control, and attain a more joyful life.• Shows how a few major principles can explain how happiness works and why it is so elusive• Demonstrates how the essence of attaining happiness is choice• Explores how to avoid happiness traps• Tells how to recognize happiness triggers in everyday lifeHappinessSOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular CulturebisacshHappiness.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.152.4/2152.42Baucells Manel, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1045342Sarin Rakesh, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910457365903321Engineering Happiness2471556UNINA