HAPPINESS --- THE SCIENCE BEHIND YOUR SMILE
by Daniel Nettle. Oxford University Press, 2005
    INTRODUCTION (p1-6)

    This book uses the results of the latest psychological studies to ask what makes people happy and unhappy. What is real happiness? Also, why do we have such a strong urge or instinct to pursue happiness?

    Science is showing us that it is not your particular circumstances that define whether you are happy so much as your attitude toward life! This assumption can change your feelings toward your own well-being. What these scientific factual ideas imply for how you might live the rest of your life is up to you to decide.

      1) COMFORT AND JOY (p7-44)

      2) BREAD AND CIRCUSES (p45-64)

      3) LOVE AND WORK (p65-90)

      4) WORRIERS AND ENTHUSIASTS (p91-114)

      5) WANTING AND LIKING (p115-140)

      6) PANACEAS AND PLACEBOS (p141-160)

      7) A DESIGN FOR LIVING (p161-184)

    FURTHER READING (p185-186)

    NOTES (p187-197)

    REFERENCES (p198-212)

    INDEX (p213-216)

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