Shimon Edelman: 3 books
The Happiness of Pursuit
What Neuroscience Can Teach Us About the Good Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
When fishing for happiness, catch and release. Remember these seven words-they are the keys to being happy. So says Shimon Edelman, an expert on psychology and the mind.
In The Happiness of Pursuit, Edelman offers a fundamental understanding of pleasure and joy via the brain. Using the concept...
by Shimon Edelman
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Jorge Luis Borges, Philip K. Dick, and Edward Abbey walk into a bar on a small desert planet. "Is this really me?", murmurs Borges, staring at the mirror behind the counter. "Is this really a bar?", asks Dick. "Oh forget it, let's just go for a hike," says Abbey and heads back to the door. Those who...
by Morten H. Christiansen, Christopher Collins, Shimon Edelman
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Languages differ from one another in bewildering and seemingly arbitrary ways. For example, in English, the verb precedes the direct object ('understand the proof'), but in Japanese, the direct object comes first. In some languages, such as Mohawk, it is not even possible to establish a basic word...