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Leonard Mlodinow
Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, and the Harvard Library welcome LEONARD MLODINOW—the acclaimed, bestselling author of A Briefer History of Time and Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior—for a discussion of his latest book, Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking. He will be joined in conversation by NICK OWCHAR, executive director of advancement communications at Claremont Graduate University and former editor of the Los Angeles Times.
You make hundreds of decisions every day, from what to eat for breakfast to how you should invest, and not one of those decisions would be possible without emotion. It has long been said that thinking and feeling are separate and opposing forces in our behavior. But as Leonard Mlodinow, the best-selling author of Subliminal, tells us, extraordinary advances in psychology and neuroscience have proven that emotions are as critical to our well-being as thinking.
How can you connect better with others? How can you make sense of your frustration, fear, and anxiety? What can you do to live a happier life? The answers lie in understanding your emotions. Journeying from the labs of pioneering scientists to real-world scenarios that have flirted with disaster, Mlodinow shows us how our emotions can help, why they sometimes hurt, and what we can learn in both instances.
Using deep insights into our evolution and biology, Mlodinow gives us the tools to understand our emotions better and to maximize their benefits. Told with his characteristic clarity and fascinating stories, Emotional explores the new science of feelings and offers us an essential guide to making the most of one of nature’s greatest gifts.
