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Stumbling on Happiness
by Gilbert, Daniel
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400042666
- ISBN 13
- 9781400042661
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. Signed and inscribed by author on title page 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 277 bright, white, deckle edged pages. From jacket: "In this brilliant, witty and accessible book, renowned Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert describes the foibles of imagination and illusion of foresight that cause each of us to misconceive our tomorrows and misestimate our satisfactions... (The author) reveals what scientists have discovered about the uniquely human ability to imagine the future, and about our capacity to predict how much we will like it when we get there." Light wear to jacket; jacket has a "signed by the author" sticker on front cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Daniel Gilbert is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He has won numerous awards for his teaching and research, and his scientific research has been covered by The New York Times Magazine, Forbe s, Money , CNN, U.S. News & World Report , The New Yorker , Scientific American , Scienc e, O: The Oprah Magazine , Psychology Today and others. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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- Charity Bookstall
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Stumbling on Happiness
- Author
- Gilbert, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400042666
- ISBN 13
- 9781400042661
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Signed; autographed; Psychology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; Psychology/Psychiatry;
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