【美】山姆·高斯林（Sam Gosling） 美国心理学会（APA）青年心理学家年度杰出贡献奖得主、柏克莱大学心理博士、得克萨斯大学心理学副教授。 他的作品广泛出现于各大媒体上，比如《纽约时报》《今日心理》《华盛顿邮报》《早安美国》等。他的首部著作就被知名科学杂志New Sci entist选为年度好书，受到广大报纸、广播、电视等一流媒体的好评。高斯林博士的研究领域为性格差异，以及人们在日常生活中如何形塑对他人的印象。 首次创造的“房间研究”，由整体环境、摆放物品的特点精准判断物品主人的性格，被广大媒体赞誉为“观察教父”，受到广大报纸、广播、电视等一众媒体的好评。

【美】山姆·高斯林（Sam Gosling） 美国心理学会（APA）青年心理学家年度杰出贡献奖得主、柏克莱大学心理博士、得克萨斯大学心理学副教授。 他的作品广泛出现于各大媒体上，比如《纽约时报》《今日心理》《华盛顿邮报》《早安美国》等。他的首部著作就被知名科学杂志New Sci entist选为年度好书，受到广大报纸、广播、电视等一流媒体的好评。高斯林博士的研究领域为性格差异，以及人们在日常生活中如何形塑对他人的印象。 首次创造的“房间研究”，由整体环境、摆放物品的特点精准判断物品主人的性格，被广大媒体赞誉为“观察教父”，受到广大报纸、广播、电视等一众媒体的好评。

A popular, entertaining, and insightful analysis of why some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them. B & W photographs and illustrations throughout.

The Secret Language of Tarot sets itself apart from other tarot books by teaching readers how to translate the pictorial symbolism from one deck to another, strengthening the reader's ability to recognize specific icons in any deck and in the world around them. The Secret Language of Tarot can be used as both a reference book and as a series of guided meditations on the individ...(展开全部)

The long-awaited, bestselling Australian book on alternative health, The Secret Language of Your Body , is now newly expanded and ready for an eager international audience. Author Inna Segal unveils the secrets to understanding the messages of your body and reveals the underlying mental, emotional, and energetic causes of physical symptoms and medical conditions. This inspiri...(展开全部)

Shortlisted for the Design History Society Scholarship Prize 2001-2002 What do things mean? What does the life of everyday objects after the check-out reveal about people and their material worlds? Has the quest for the real thing become so important because the high tech world of total virtuality threatens to engulf us? This pioneering book bridges design theory and anthropolo...(展开全部)

What is it that persuades us to camp outside Apple stores to be the first to buy an iPhone? Why is it that a generation ago a typewriter might have lasted someone a lifetime, but now we write on computers that we upgrade every couple of years to shinier, faster, sleeker models? Why do the clicks of some car doors sound “expensive”? We live in a world drowning in objects. But wh...(展开全部)

A brilliant exposé of the interaction between art, design, and commerce. What is it that persuades us to camp outside Apple stores to be the first to buy an iPhone? Why is it that a generation ago a typewriter might have lasted someone a lifetime, but now we write on computers that we upgrade every couple of years to shinier, faster, sleeker models? Why do the clicks of some ca...(展开全部)

For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, and customs--from Kleenex to steak sauce, Barbie Dolls to honeymoons.