{"product_id":"engineering-happiness-9780520268210","title":"Engineering Happiness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntegrating the authors' own research with the advanced thinking in the behavioral and social sciences - including management science, psychology, and economics - this title offers a fresh approach to the puzzle of happiness. It shows how a few major principles can explain how happiness works and why it is so elusive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In approach and in its creativity, Engineering Happiness is one of the best books on happiness in many a moon!\" Spirituality \u0026amp; Practice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: Engineers on Happiness Acknowledgments  Part I--Overview Introduction: The Science of Happiness 1. Measuring Happiness 2. Defining Happiness  Part II--Laws of Happiness 3. The First Law of Happiness: Relative Comparison 4. The Second Law of Happiness: Motion of Expectation 5. The Third Law of Happiness: Aversion to Loss 6. The Fourth Law of Happiness: Diminishing Sensitivity 7. The Fifth Law of Happiness: Satiation 8. The Sixth Law of Happiness: Presentism  Part III--Engineering a Happier Life 9. The Treasure of Happiness: Basic Goods 10. Cumulative Comparison 11. Reframing 12. Living within the Laws of Happiness 13. Building a Happier Life  Notes Index  An annex to this volume, \"The Mathematics of Happiness,\" is available online at www.ucpress.edu.","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864871973207,"sku":"9780520268210","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520268210.jpg?v=1722273247","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/engineering-happiness-9780520268210","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}