The happiness curve : why life gets better after 50 / Jonathan Rauch.
The happiness curve : why life gets better after 50 / Jonathan Rauch.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2018/5429
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 244 pages ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The voyage of life: Thomas Cole's journey -- and mine -- What makes us happy (and doesn't): the strange illogic of life satisfaction -- A timely discovery: how unsuspecting economists (and apes) found the happiness curve -- The shape of the river: time, happiness, and the curve of the U -- The expec...
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Publisher
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, [2018]
Edition
First edition.
Date Published
[2018]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Draws on cutting-edge scientific studies to discuss the U-shaped trajectory of happiness, which declines from the optimism of youth before surging upward again after age fifty, and offers ways to endure the slump during midlife.
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Full title
The happiness curve : why life gets better after 50 / Jonathan Rauch.
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Notes
General note
"A Thomas Dunne book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2018
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Call Numbers
G 2018/5429
Record Identifier
74VKV8K47zoX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV8K47zoX
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ISBN
9781250078803
DDC
155.6
MMS ID
991024188012902626
