Happiness

• Shows how the way we view happiness - our definition of it, and where we might seek it - has changed over time.
• Examines a wide variety of aspects of happiness: Can we measure it? Why are some people happy and others not? And is there a drug that could eliminate all unhappiness?
• Brings together the latest insights from philosophy, psychiatry, and psychology.
• Includes the latest research from the National Child Development Study, which has collected data on people's levels of happiness since 1958.

Readership: Readers interested in psychology, neuroscience, popular science, popular heath issues; anyone who has ever wondered why it was that they felt happy or sad at a point in their lives.

Daniel Nettle, Lecturer in Biological Psychology at the Open University

"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, and thoughtful essay." - The Lancet

Introduction
1: Comfort and Joy
2: Bread and Circuses
3: Love and Work
4: Worries and Enthusiasts
5: Wanting and Liking
6: Placebos and panaceas
7: A Design for Living
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