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Autore: | Nettle Daniel |
Titolo: | Happiness [[electronic resource] ] : the science behind your smile / / Daniel Nettle |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford, UK ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina: | 152.4/2 |
Soggetto topico: | Happiness |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Happiness |
ISBN: | 1-280-75268-8 |
0-19-156671-3 | |
1-4294-3075-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910451380403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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