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The Power Of Strangers - The Benefits Of Connecting In A Suspicious World (Hardcover): Joe Keohane The Power Of Strangers - The Benefits Of Connecting In A Suspicious World (Hardcover)
Joe Keohane
R391 Discovery Miles 3 910 Ships in 5 - 7 working days

An interrogation of why we don't talk to strangers, what happens when we do, and why it affects everything from the rise and fall of nations to personal health and wellbeing, in the tradition of Susan Cain's Quiet and Rutger Bregman's Humankind.

When was the last time you spoke to a stranger? In our cities, we stand in silent buses and tube carriages, barely acknowledging one another. Online, we retreat into silos and carefully curate who we interact with. But while we often fear strangers, or blame them for the ills of society, history and science show us that they are actually our solution. Throughout human history, our attitude to the stranger has determined the fate and wellbeing of both nations and individuals. A raft of new science confirms that the more we open ourselves up to encounters with those we don't know, the healthier we are.

In The Power of Strangers, with the help of sociologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, theologians, philosophers, political scientists and historians, Joe Keohane learns how we're wired to sometimes fear, distrust and even hate strangers, and discovers what happens to us when we indulge those biases. At the same time, he digs into a growing body of cutting-edge research on the surprising social and psychological benefits that come from talking to strangers; how even passing interactions can enhance empathy, happiness, and cognitive development, ease loneliness and isolation, and root us in the world, deepening our sense of belonging.

Warm, erudite and profound, this deeply researched book will make you reconsider how you perceive and approach strangers: paradoxically, strangers can help us become more fully ourselves.

Performing Deception - Learning, Skill and the Art of Conjuring (Hardcover, Hardback ed.): Brian Rappert Performing Deception - Learning, Skill and the Art of Conjuring (Hardcover, Hardback ed.)
Brian Rappert
R1,297 Discovery Miles 12 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
High-Temperature Behavior of Metals (Hardcover): Elisabetta Gariboldi, Stefano Spigarelli High-Temperature Behavior of Metals (Hardcover)
Elisabetta Gariboldi, Stefano Spigarelli
R1,537 R1,337 Discovery Miles 13 370 Save R200 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Obtaining and Characterization of New Materials (Hardcover): Andrei Victor Sandu Obtaining and Characterization of New Materials (Hardcover)
Andrei Victor Sandu
R1,738 R1,501 Discovery Miles 15 010 Save R237 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nutritional and Antioxidant Value of Horticulturae Products (Hardcover): Lucia Guidi, Luigi De Bellis, Alberto Pardossi Nutritional and Antioxidant Value of Horticulturae Products (Hardcover)
Lucia Guidi, Luigi De Bellis, Alberto Pardossi
R1,402 R1,219 Discovery Miles 12 190 Save R183 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The New Breed - What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots (Paperback): Kate Darling The New Breed - What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots (Paperback)
Kate Darling
R508 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
80 Years of Professor Wigner's Seminal Work On Unitary Representations of the Inhomogeneous Lorentz Group (Hardcover):... 80 Years of Professor Wigner's Seminal Work On Unitary Representations of the Inhomogeneous Lorentz Group (Hardcover)
Julio Marny Hoff Da Silva
R1,319 R1,157 Discovery Miles 11 570 Save R162 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Quick Fix - Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills (Paperback): Jesse Singal The Quick Fix - Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills (Paperback)
Jesse Singal
R496 R464 Discovery Miles 4 640 Save R32 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cosmism - A New Hope for Humanity (Hardcover): Yoda Oraiah Cosmism - A New Hope for Humanity (Hardcover)
Yoda Oraiah
R1,362 R1,141 Discovery Miles 11 410 Save R221 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sustainable Consumer Behavior and Food Marketing (Hardcover): Oliver Meixner, Petra Riefler, Karin Schanes Sustainable Consumer Behavior and Food Marketing (Hardcover)
Oliver Meixner, Petra Riefler, Karin Schanes
R1,736 R1,499 Discovery Miles 14 990 Save R237 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Evolution, Morality and the Fabric of Society (Hardcover): R. Paul Thompson Evolution, Morality and the Fabric of Society (Hardcover)
R. Paul Thompson
R1,776 Discovery Miles 17 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Recent interest in the evolution of the social contract is extended by providing a throughly naturalistic, evolutionary account of the biological underpinnings of a social contract theory of morality. This social contract theory of morality (contractevolism) provides an evolutionary justification of the primacy of a moral principle of maximisation of the opportunities for evolutionary reproductive success (ERS), where maximising opportunities does not entail an obligation on individuals to choose to maximise their ERS. From that primary principle, the moral principles of inclusion, individual sovereignty (liberty) and equality can be derived. The implications of these principles, within contractevolism, are explored through an examination of patriarchy, individual sovereignty and copulatory choices, and overpopulation and extinction. Contractevolism is grounded in evolutionary dynamics that resulted in humans and human societies. The most important behavioural consequences of evolution to contractevolism are reciprocity, cooperation, empathy, and the most important cognitive consequences are reason and behavioural modification.

Innovative Materials and Methods for the Removal of Pollutants from the Environment (Hardcover): Chiara Bisio, Monica Pica Innovative Materials and Methods for the Removal of Pollutants from the Environment (Hardcover)
Chiara Bisio, Monica Pica
R2,148 R1,837 Discovery Miles 18 370 Save R311 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Post-COVID Catechesis (Hardcover): Victor Lee Austin A Post-COVID Catechesis (Hardcover)
Victor Lee Austin
R730 R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Save R90 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Leningrad Mathematical Olympiads (1961-1991) (Hardcover): Dmitri V Fomin Leningrad Mathematical Olympiads (1961-1991) (Hardcover)
Dmitri V Fomin
R3,856 Discovery Miles 38 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book covers thirty years of the Leningrad Mathematical Olympiad, which was, ostensibly, the very first formally organized, open, official city-level mathematical contest in the world. Founded in 1934 by a group of dedicated Soviet mathematicians, it played an outstanding (and often underappreciated) role in creating the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) school of mathematics of the 20th century.The book begins with the extensive introduction containing two prefaces (one of them written specifically for this edition), a large historical survey of the Leningrad Mathematical Olympiad, a section describing the logistical side of the contest, and a small chapter dedicated to the very first Mathematical Olympiad held in 1934, whose problems were recently found in the Soviet-era library archives.The main text contains approximately 1,100 highly original questions for students of grades 5 through 10 (ages 11-12 through 17-18) offered at the two concluding rounds of the Leningrad City Mathematics Olympiads in the years of 1961-1991. Full solutions, hints and answers are provided for all questions with very rare exceptions.It also includes 120 additional questions, offered at the various mathematical contests held in Leningrad over the same thirty-year period — on average, their difficulty is somewhat higher than that of the regular Mathematical Olympiad problems.

Free Opensource Antivirus Software For Ubuntu Linux English Edition Standar Version (Hardcover): Cyber Jannah Sakura Free Opensource Antivirus Software For Ubuntu Linux English Edition Standar Version (Hardcover)
Cyber Jannah Sakura
R691 Discovery Miles 6 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Rapid Detection of Mycotoxin Contamination (Hardcover): Andras Szekacs Rapid Detection of Mycotoxin Contamination (Hardcover)
Andras Szekacs
R1,535 R1,336 Discovery Miles 13 360 Save R199 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Energy Systems Analysis and Modelling towards Decarbonisation (Hardcover): Panagiotis Fragkos, Pelopidas Siskos Energy Systems Analysis and Modelling towards Decarbonisation (Hardcover)
Panagiotis Fragkos, Pelopidas Siskos
R1,860 R1,596 Discovery Miles 15 960 Save R264 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Alternative Fuels and Their Application to Combustion Engines (Hardcover): S M Ashrafur Rahman Alternative Fuels and Their Application to Combustion Engines (Hardcover)
S M Ashrafur Rahman
R1,114 R989 Discovery Miles 9 890 Save R125 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reconfigurable Antennas (Hardcover): Dimitris E Anagnostou, Michael Chryssomallis, Sotirios K. Goudos Reconfigurable Antennas (Hardcover)
Dimitris E Anagnostou, Michael Chryssomallis, Sotirios K. Goudos
R1,520 R1,318 Discovery Miles 13 180 Save R202 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Compounds with Medicinal Value (Hardcover): Maria Stefania Sinicropi The Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Compounds with Medicinal Value (Hardcover)
Maria Stefania Sinicropi
R1,529 R1,329 Discovery Miles 13 290 Save R200 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Structural and Functional Analysis of Extracts in Plants (Hardcover): Stefania Lamponi Structural and Functional Analysis of Extracts in Plants (Hardcover)
Stefania Lamponi
R2,592 R2,203 Discovery Miles 22 030 Save R389 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Design Equation - The Unified Theory and the Mathematics of Hidden Dimensions (Hardcover): Lauren Dove The Design Equation - The Unified Theory and the Mathematics of Hidden Dimensions (Hardcover)
Lauren Dove
R1,430 Discovery Miles 14 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Introductory Forestry (Hardcover): Alok Kumar Patra Introductory Forestry (Hardcover)
Alok Kumar Patra
R6,056 Discovery Miles 60 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Combinatorial Methods for String Processing (Hardcover): Shunsuke Inenaga Combinatorial Methods for String Processing (Hardcover)
Shunsuke Inenaga
R973 Discovery Miles 9 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Community and Family-Focused Public Health and Sustainable Development (Hardcover): Wioletta Zukiewicz-Sobczak, Paulina... Community and Family-Focused Public Health and Sustainable Development (Hardcover)
Wioletta Zukiewicz-Sobczak, Paulina Wojtyla-Buciora, Izabela Racka
R2,509 Discovery Miles 25 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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