Friends
Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
$22.50
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2022
Summary
‘Fascinating…
In 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’ Guardian, Book of the Day
Friends 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 h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349143576 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349143579 |
| Author: | Robin Dunbar |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 337g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
Friends offers poignant observations about how we have evolved to rely on one another for help and companionship - and how these bonds make our lives meaningful– The i
A fascinating study of friendship – Rachel Cooke * Observer *Friends offers poignant observations about how we have evolved to rely on one another for help and companionship - and how these bonds make our lives meaningful – Clea Skopeliti * The i *A timely arrival – Sheon Han * Atlantic *
About The Author
Robin Dunbar
Robin Dunbar is 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 How Many Friends Does One Person Need? and Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, described by Malcolm Gladwell as “a marvellous work of popular science.”
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