WHY THE ONE YOU FANCY NEVER FANCIES YOU: MURPHY’ S LAWS OF LOVE

Book ID/图书代码： 03275006B03757

English Summary/英文概要： How can the pursuit of love be so confusing? This wonderfully entertaining, quirky book shows how the main cause is not out there in the world, but right here, inside our minds. As we spin round on the whirligig of romance, remorse and retribution, we grab the wrong end of every stick in sight, with hilarious consequences. Psychologists point to several tricks pulled by our desperate minds when trying to cope with the world, from naive science and cognitive miserliness to emotional intelligence and living by memes. These are the bedrock of Murphy’s Laws of Love. Dealing with the world has to mean ignoring most of it. The story that is simplest is the story we like best. We see what we expect to see. Popular science writer Richard Robinson examines all the bewildering stages of our love lives - from adolescence - the time when your parents seem to be shrinking, your best friends are becoming rivals, and hated enemies are suddenly rather attractive - to the sunset of life where kids are shocked to find sex still goes on.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 為什麼愛情永遠不會按照你的計畫進行 — 墨菲定律能幫您解答這一愛的謎題。為何追尋愛情總讓人感到困惑呢？這本精彩的、寓教於樂的、奇特的科普圖書將告訴您主要原因不是来自外面的世界，而是在這裡，在我們的頭腦裡。當我們被浪漫、悔恨和報復，搞得天昏地轉的時候，我們抓住的卻是眼前每一個致命的錯誤，得到的往往是搞笑的結果。心理學家從我們疲于應對現實世界中的絕望思想中指出了幾點妙招，這些妙招源於簡單的科學和人類認知上的貪婪到情商和現存的文化基因。這些都是墨菲的愛的定律的基石。若你要在現實世界中的人打交道，就不能忽視其重要意義。化繁為簡是我們最為喜歡的故事。我們都希望看到自己所希望看到的。科普作家理查•羅賓遜檢索了我們愛情生活中所有困惑的階段 — 從青春期，— 當你的父母似乎在猶豫不決之時，你最好的朋友正成為你的競爭對手，曾經令你痛恨的敵手突然之間變得極具吸引力了 … … 直至到夕陽西下之時，孩子們震驚地發現他們的父母仍然可以過著和諧幸福的生活。(Sandy)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 理查•羅賓遜是十部大眾科普書籍的作者，這些科普書包括入圍過安萬特科學獎的《科學魔術》系列（牛津大學出版社）。他是一位全職科學節目主持人，定期受邀在世界各地的大學和學校舉辦的科學藝術節上，主持展示科技知識。他所主持的科技節日從愛丁堡科學節到韓國科學節，他在大學演講從英國一直延伸到烏克蘭的大學。他擁有心理學學士學位。
插畫作家凱特•查理斯沃思定期為《新科學家》雜誌製作插圖繪畫，她為各種各樣的出版物製作插圖，包括《歷史卡通史》。

Richard Robinson is the author of 10 books of popular science including the Science Magic series (Oxford University Press) which was shortlisted for the Aventis Science Prize. He works full-time as a science presenter, and is regularly invited to perform demonstrations around the world at science festivals, universities and schools. He has performed at festivals ranging from the Edinburgh Science Festival to the Korean Science Festival, and lectured at universities ranging from the UK to the Ukraine. He holds a BSc in psychology.
Illustrator Kate Charlesworth has drawn regularly for New Scientist and has illustrated a wide variety of publications including The Cartoon History of Time.

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