Research Catalog

Title

A general theory of love / Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, Richard Lannon.

Author

Lewis, Thomas, 1964-

Publication

New York : Vintage Books, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Amini, Fari
• Lannon, Richard, 1943-

Description

viii, 274 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

A study of the psychobiology of love, discussing what scientists have learned about the nature of love, its origins in the brain, and its impact on the minds and bodies of human beings.

Subject

• Love
• Love > Physiological aspects
• Liefde

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-254) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The heart's castle: science joins the search for love -- Kits, cats, sacks, and uncertainty: how the brain's basic structure poses problems for love -- Archimedes' principle: how we sense the inner world of other hearts -- A fiercer sea: how relationships permeate the human body, mind, and soul -- Gravity's incarnation: how memory stores and shapes love -- A bend in the road: how love changes who we are and who we can become -- The book of life: how love forms, guides, and alters a child's emotional mind -- Between stone and sky: what can be done to heal hearts gone astray -- A walk in the shadows: how culture blinds us to the ways of love -- The open door: what the future holds for the mysteries of love.

ISBN

• 0375709223 (pbk.)
• 9780375709227 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 748281428
• 45822814
• SCSB-10248395

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library