What love is, why love is born, why it sometimes grows, and why it sometimes dies. Have you ever wondered how romantic love evolves? What the difference is between mature and immature love? What role sex plays in romantic love, and whether love necessarily implies sexual exclusivity? And, most important, how can we make love last? Originally published in 1980, this updated ...(展开全部)

Provides an illuminating explanation of the origins and meaning of romantic love and shows how a proper understanding of its psychological dynamics can revitalize our most important relationships.

In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. Seeking a refuge from the very serious condemnations of the Church and relying on a courtly culture that was already preoccupied with honor and secrecy, European poets, romance writers, and lovers devised a vision ...(展开全部)

With a new preface by the author Irving Singer's trilogy The Nature of Love has been called "majestic" (New York Times Book Review), "monumental" (Boston Globe), "one of the major works of philosophy in our century" (Nous), "wise and magisterial" (Times Literary Supplement), and a "masterpiece of critical thinking [that] is a timely, eloquent, and scrupulous account of what, af...(展开全部)

With a new preface by the author Irving Singer's trilogy The Nature of Love has been called "majestic" (New York Times Book Review), "monumental" (Boston Globe), "one of the major works of philosophy in our century" (Nous), "wise and magisterial" (Times Literary Supplement), and a "masterpiece of critical thinking [that] is a timely, eloquent, and scrupulous account of what, af...(展开全部)

Helen Fisher's courageous investigations of romantic love -- its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its vital importance to human society -- are informing and transforming the way we understand ourselves. Fisher describes love as a universal human drive (stronger than the sex drive; stronger than thirst or hunger; stronger perhaps than the will to live), and her many ar...(展开全部)

Helen Fisher's courageous investigations of romantic love -- its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its vital importance to human society -- are informing and transforming the way we understand ourselves. Fisher describes love as a universal human drive (stronger than the sex drive; stronger than thirst or hunger; stronger perhaps than the will to live), and her many ar...(展开全部)

威廉 F•哈里博士，临床心理学家、著名婚姻顾问。他在几十年间帮助无数夫妻化解婚姻矛盾，恢复了彼此间的关爱。哈里博士对男女差异和基本需求的发掘，如今已成为婚姻咨询的经典。哈里博士和妻子乔伊丝携手30余年，现居住在明尼苏达州白熊湖市。他们的两个孩子，都已成家并且也从事婚姻咨询工作。

肯尼斯•克拉克（Kenneth Clark，1903—1983），20世纪杰出的艺术史家、作家、策展人、纪录片主持人。二十七岁即任牛津大学阿什莫尔博物馆馆长，三十岁出任英国国家美术馆馆长，并在第二次世界大战期间，主持了战时艺术家计划，保障了艺术收藏品的安全。战争结束后，曾任牛津大学斯莱德教授。进入20世纪50年代，创作了多部艺术类电视纪录片并担当主持人。1969年，随着首部关于艺术的大型彩色电视纪录片《文明》的面世，成为享誉世界的艺术大师。2014年，英国泰特美术馆举办专题展览纪念肯尼斯•克拉克，称誉其为“具有世纪影响力的英国艺术大家”，并感谢他在“将艺术带给大众”事业上做出的杰出贡献。

The bestselling author of Hold Me Tight presents a revolutionary new understanding of why and how we love, based on cutting-edge research. Every day, we hear of relationships failing and questions of whether humans are meant to be monogamous. LOVE SENSE presents new scientific evidence that tells us that humans are meant to mate for life. Dr. Johnson explains that romantic love...(展开全部)