In this fascinating and often hilarious work - winner of the Royal Society of Science Prize 2007 - pre-eminent psychologist Daniel Gilbert shows how - and why - the majority of us have no idea how to make ourselves happy. We all want to be happy, but do we know how? When it comes to improving tomorr[...]

A smart, witty, accessible, and laugh-out-loud funny reflection on human nature brilliantly describes all that science has to tell us about the uniquely human ability to envision the future, and how likely we are to enjoy it when we get there. Simultaneous.[...]

Boken vant prisen som beste engelskspråklige fagbok i 2007. Daniel Gilbert er forfatter og professor i psykologi ved Harvard. "Det kan virke som om en liten livsløgn er å foretrekke, mennesker med et meget realistisk syn på livet er ofte deprimerte." fra boka "Gilbert er faktisk morsom.. Men u[...]

De flesta av oss lägger ner mycket tid på att fundera kring lycka och skaffa oss den bästa tänkbara framtiden, endast för att finna att morgondagen sällan blev som vi hade trott. Varför? Jo, för att människor gör ett flertal grundläggande misstag när de försöker föreställa sig framti[...]

The National Kidney Foundation Primer on Kidney Diseases is your ideal companion in clinical nephrology! From anatomy, histology, and physiology, through the diagnosis and management of kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte disorders, hypertension, dialysis, and kidney transplantation, this trusted [...]

This now-classic work challenges what Ryle calls philosophy's "official theory," the Cartesians "myth" of the separation of mind and matter. Ryle's linguistic analysis remaps the conceptual geography of mind, not so much solving traditional philosophical problems as dissolving them into the mere con[...]