Howard Friedman Book order (chronological)

This work reveals the various ways human lives are assigned monetary values, highlighting the inherent unfairness in these valuations. It illustrates how young lives are often valued more than older ones, and how wealth, race, and nationality can skew these assessments. The methods behind these price tags are frequently obscured by technical jargon, yet they significantly influence our economy, laws, and policies. The author demystifies how economists, corporations, regulators, and insurance companies create and utilize these valuations, exposing their limitations. Readers will discover that these calculations can be biased, reflecting chauvinism, racism, and elitism. The revelations may provoke surprise and anger as the implications of these valuations are unpacked. Ultimately, the book underscores that every price tag represents a life, driving decisions that affect various aspects of existence, from procreation to end-of-life care. These valuations impact how we allocate time and resources, influencing political choices, criminal justice, civil litigation, and investments in healthcare, education, and more. The exploration of these critical calculations sheds light on the profound ethical questions surrounding the value of human life.

Kniha plná překvapivých závěrů. Autoři rozebírají výzkum, při němž byly po mnoho let detailně zkoumány životy lidí, kteří se ve zdraví a při síle dožili vysokého věku. Překvapivě bychom u těchto osob nenalezli obecně uznávaný zdravý životní styl – spíše to byli jedinci s určitými zřejmými životními návyky a vzorci. Mezi faktory, které se v knize zkoumají, jsou například povahové vlastnosti respondentů, jejich názory, víra, práce, úspěchy, vzdělání, volnočasové aktivity, vztahy (mezilidské i se zvířaty), traumata (např. účast ve válce) a obecně také například vztah mezi pohlavími a dlouhověkostí. V knize najdete nejen silné podněty pro kultivaci dlouhověkosti, ale také pro úspěšný, smysluplný a produktivní život.

'Dieses wunderbare Buch erklärt, warum manche Menschen gesund alt werden, während andere krank werden und früh sterben. Jeder, der daran interessiert ist, gesund ein hohes Alter zu erreichen, sollte es lesen.' Elisabeth Loftus, Professorin für Sozioökologie, University of California Leslie Martin und Howard Friedman haben mit einer weltweit einzigartigen Studie die wirklichen Gründe herausgefunden, warum Menschen gesund und lange leben - und die haben mit den bisher üblichen Ratschlägen nur wenig zu tun. Mit Fragebögen, die den Lesern den Weg für ein langes Leben weisen, und Interviews mit Menschen, die ein hohes Lebensalter erreicht haben, wird dieses Buch die Debatte über ein gesundes und langes Leben gründlich verändern.

Watch a video Watch a Fox News segment on The Longevity Project . This landmark study--which Dr. Andrew Weil calls "a remarkable achievement with surprising conclusions"--upends the advice we have been told about how to live to a healthy old age. We have been told that the key to longevity involves obsessing over what we eat, how much we stress, and how fast we run. Based on the most extensive study of longevity ever conducted, The Longevity Project exposes what really impacts our lifespan-including friends, family, personality, and work. Gathering new information and using modern statistics to study participants across eight decades, Dr. Howard Friedman and Dr. Leslie Martin bust myths about achieving health and long life. For example, people do not die from working long hours at a challenging job- many who worked the hardest lived the longest. Getting and staying married is not the magic ticket to long life, especially if you're a woman. And it's not the happy-go-lucky ones who thrive-it's the prudent and persistent who flourish through the years. With questionnaires that help you determine where you are heading on the longevity spectrum and advice about how to stay healthy, this book changes the conversation about living a long, healthy life.

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Readings in Personality contains key articles, rich in both theory and research, spanning the major perspectives of personality in the theorists' and researchers' own words. "The best introduction to the brilliance of influential personality theorists and researchers is through their own words." Operating on this premise, the authors of Personality: Classic Theories and Modern Research have once again struck the delicate balance between a theories-based text and a more research-oriented one. Their new offering, Readings in Personality, presents key articles spanning the major perspectives of the discipline, while providing a set of answers to the question, "What does it mean to be a person?" From Sigmund Freud to Alice Eagly, this reader provides an excellent sampling of the core concepts with which all personality psychologists should be familiar. In the context of a course that aims to give students a strong framework in personality, these excerpts act as a powerful learning tool.