'I recommend [Awe] to everyone. Its ideas organized a lot of my experiences observations
thoughts and hopes in a powerful new way.' - Rebecca Solnit (X)From a foremost expert on the
science of emotions a groundbreaking exploration into the history psychology and meaning of
awe Social psychologist Dacher Keltner has spent his career speaking to different groups of
people from schoolchildren to prisoners to healthcare workers about the good life. These
conversations and his pioneering research into the science of emotion have convinced him that
happiness comes down to one thing: finding awe. Awe allows us to collaborate with others open
our minds to wonder and see the deep patterns of life. In his new book Keltner presents a
radical investigation into this elusive emotion. Drawing on his own scientific research into
how awe transforms our brains and bodies alongside an examination of awe across history
culture and within his own life during a period of immense grief Keltner shows us how
cultivating wonder leads us to appreciate what is most humane in our human nature. The book
includes intensely moving deeply personal stories of awe from people all over the
world-doctors and veterans environmentalists and poets indigenous scholars and hospice
workers ministers and midwives. At turns radical and profound Awe is our field guide for how
to uncover everyday wonder as a vital force within our lives.
