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Awe : the New Science and Transformative Power of Everyday Wonder by Dacher Keltner is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From a foremost expert on the science of emotions, a groundbreaking exploration into the history, psychology and meaning of awe Social psychologist Dacher Keltner has spent his career speaking to different groups of people, from schoolchildren to prisoners to healthcare workers, about the good life. These conversations and his pioneering research into the science of emotion have convinced him that happiness comes down to one thing: finding awe. Awe allows us to collaborate with others, open our minds to wonder, and see the deep patterns of life. In his new book, Keltner presents a radical investigation into this elusive emotion. Drawing on his own scientific research into how awe transforms our brains and bodies, alongside an examination of awe across history, culture, and within his own life during a period of immense grief, Keltner shows us how cultivating wonder leads us to appreciate what is most humane in our human nature. The book includes intensely moving, deeply personal stories of awe from people all over the world-doctors and veterans, environmentalists and poets, indigenous scholars and hospice workers, ministers and midwives. At turns radical and profound, Awe is

Who reads Awe : the New Science and Transformative Power of Everyday Wonder?

Author

Dacher Keltner

Publisher

Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9780241624104

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Social Psychology, Social_sciences