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The nature fix : why nature makes us happier, healthier, and more creative
- Title
- The nature fix : why nature makes us happier, healthier, and more creative / Florence Williams.
- Author
- Williams, Florence, 1967-
- Publication
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
- ©2017
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | BF353.5.N37 W55 2017 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 280 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- An investigation into the restorative benefits of nature draws on cutting-edge research and the author's explorations with international nature therapy programs to examine the relationship between nature and human cognition, mood, and creativity. --Publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-280).
- Contents
- Introduction : the cordial air -- Part one. Looking for nature neurons. The biophilia effect -- How many neuroscientists does it take to find a stinking milkvetch? -- Part two. Nearby nature : the first five minutes. The smell of survival -- Birdbrain -- Box of rain -- Part three. Five hours a month. You may squat down and feel a plant -- Garden of Hedon -- Rambling on -- Part four. Backcountry brain. Get over yourself : wilderness, creativity and the power of awe -- Water on the brain -- Please pass the hacksaw -- Part five. The city in a garden. Nature for the rest of us.
- ISBN
- 9780393242713
- 0393242714
- LCCN
- 2016040709
- 99971698337
- OCLC
- ocn951070852
- 951070852
- SCSB-5886064
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries