{"product_id":"friends-understanding-the-power-of-our-most-important-relationships-paperback","title":"Friends: Understanding the Power of Our Most Important Relationships - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobin Dunbar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn essence, the number and quality of our friendships may have a bigger influence on our happiness, health and mortality risk than anything else in life save for giving up smoking' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, Book of the Day\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFriends matter to us, and they matter more than we think. The single most surprising fact to emerge out of the medical literature over the last decade or so has been that the number and quality of the friendships we have has a bigger influence on our happiness, health and even mortality risk than anything else except giving up smoking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobin Dunbar is the world-renowned psychologist and author who famously discovered Dunbar's number: how our capacity for friendship is limited to around 150 people. In \u003ci\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e, he looks at friendship in the round, at the way different types of friendship and family relationships intersect, or at the complex of psychological and behavioural mechanisms that underpin friendships and make them possible - and just how complicated the business of making and keeping friends actually is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMixing insights from scientific research with first person experiences and culture, \u003ci\u003eFriends \u003c\/i\u003eexplores and integrates knowledge from disciplines ranging from psychology and anthropology to neuroscience and genetics in a single magical weave that allows us to peer into the incredible complexity of the social world in which we are all so deeply embedded. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorking at the coalface of the subject at both research and personal levels, Robin Dunbar has written the definitive book on how and why we are friends.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn essence, the number and quality of our friendships may have a bigger influence on our happiness, health and mortality risk than anything else in life save for giving up smoking' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, Book of the Day\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFriends matter to us, and they matter more than we think. The single most surprising fact to emerge out of the medical literature over the last decade or so has been that the number and quality of the friendships we have has a bigger influence on our happiness, health and even mortality risk than anything else except giving up smoking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobin Dunbar is the world-renowned psychologist and author who famously discovered Dunbar's number: how our capacity for friendship is limited to around 150 people. In \u003ci\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e, he looks at friendship in the round, at the way different types of friendship and family relationships intersect, or at the complex of psychological and behavioural mechanisms that underpin friendships and make them possible - and just how complicated the business of making and keeping friends actually is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMixing insights from scientific research with first person experiences and culture, \u003ci\u003eFriends \u003c\/i\u003eexplores and integrates knowledge from disciplines ranging from psychology and anthropology to neuroscience and genetics in a single magical weave that allows us to peer into the incredible complexity of the social world in which we are all so deeply embedded.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Dunbar \u003c\/b\u003eis an evolutionary psychologist and former director of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University. His acclaimed books include \u003ci\u003eHow Many Friends Does One Person Need?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGrooming, Gossip and the Evolution of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage\u003c\/i\u003e, described by Malcolm Gladwell as \"a marvellous work of popular science.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 7.6 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766308700448,"sku":"9780349143576","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/be7426da00405ac7ec4e856b2bcd8559.webp?v=1780289910","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/friends-understanding-the-power-of-our-most-important-relationships-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}