An illuminating road map—founded on groundbreaking scientific research—pointing the way to a better, happier life From a distinguished economist and leading figure in the new field of happiness studies comes this revolutionary work addressing the elusive concept of happiness and how we can have more of it. Based on sophisticated, cutting-edge scientific research, H...(展开全部)

There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. We all want more money, but as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not speculation: It's the story told by countless pieces of scientific research. We now have sophisticated ways of measuring how happy people are, and all the evidence shows that on average people have grown no happier in the last fifty years...(展开全部)

快樂是什麼？ 有錢會讓你更快樂嗎？ 一門新興科學的誕生，打破快樂是捉摸不定的哲學概念，而是一個融合經濟學與現代心理學的新科學。 財富與快樂之間有何關係？經濟學能提供解釋嗎？ 如果把快樂定義為：擁有健康、富裕、文明的生活，那麼，世界上最快樂的人一定非西方人莫屬。但是研究指出，雖然收入增加了兩倍以上，西方人卻沒有比五十年前更快樂。到底發生了什麼事？ 《快樂經濟學》直指這個核心矛盾背後的真相。理查．萊亞德點出影響快樂的「七大因素」：家庭關係、財務狀況、工作、社群和朋友、健康、個人自由，以及個人價值觀，並揭示我們花了太多氣力在與別人比較，而使自己不快樂。萊亞德認為，快樂無疑是社會唯一理性的目標，他還問道：如果我們真的想要過得更快樂，就社會整體與個人內在生活而言，我們應該採取什麼不同的做法？我們是否能團結起來，追求共同的利益？他的答案會讓你覺得耳目一新，且深入...(展开全部)

From one of the world’s leading data scientists, a landmark tour ofthe new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence If the Big Data revolution has a presiding genius, it is MIT’s Alex “Sandy” Pentland. Over years of groundbreaking experiments, he has distilled remarkable discoveries significant enou...(展开全部)

From one of the world’s leading data scientists, a landmark tour ofthe new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence If the Big Data revolution has a presiding genius, it is MIT’s Alex “Sandy” Pentland. Over years of groundbreaking experiments, he has distilled remarkable discoveries significant enou...(展开全部)

From Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson, a living legend for his work unlocking the structure of DNA, comes this candid and entertaining memoir, filled with practical advice for those starting out their academic careers. In Avoid Boring People , Watson lays down a life’s wisdom for getting ahead in a competitive world. Witty and uncompromisingly honest, he shares h...(展开全部)

From a living legend—James D. Watson, who shared the Nobel Prize for having revealed the structure of DNA—a personal account of the making of a scientist. In Avoid Boring People, the man who discovered “the secret of life” shares the less revolutionary secrets he has found to getting along and getting ahead in a competitive world. Recounting the years of his own formation—fr...(展开全部)

Once called the “dismal science,” economics now offers prescriptions for improving people’s happiness. In this book Richard Easterlin, the “father of happiness economics,” draws on a half-century of his own research and that conducted by fellow economists and psychologists to answer in plain language questions like: Can happiness be measured? Will more money make me happier? Wh...(展开全部)

James D. Watson looks back on his extraordinary and varied career ― from its beginnings as a schoolboy in Chicago's South Side to the day he left Harvard almost 50 years later, world-renowned as the co-discoverer of DNA ― and considers the lessons he has learnt along the way. The result is both an engagingly eccentric memoir and an insightful compendium of lessons in life for a...(展开全部)