Richard Wiseman nos acompaña en un viaje a través del fascinante mundo de la psicología, centrándose en aquellas investigaciones que hacen que la disciplina merezca la pena. La psicología nos revela el funcionamiento...
¿Somos conscientes de la verdadera importancia del sueño para nuestra mente y nuestro cuerpo? Recurriendo a la ciencia, Richard Wiseman nos explica todo lo que pasa en nuestro cerebro al descansar y nos proporciona consejos para...
An illustrated, illuminating insight into the world of illusion from the worldâs greatest and most successful magician, capturing its audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art formâs most famous arti...
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution...
From mood to memory, resilience to relationships, the self-help industry often promotes exercises that destroy motivation, damage relationships, and reduce creativity--the opposite of everything it promises. Here, psychologist Wiseman brings together a...
Richard Wiseman is Britain's only professor for the Public Understanding of Psychology and has an international reputation for his research into unusual areas, including deception, luck, humour and the paranormal. He is the author of the internationa...
POPULAR SCIENCE. Ever wondered why bad musicians always win the Eurovision Song Contest, or how incompetent politicians get elected? You need some Quirkology in your life. While other scientists beaver away on obvious problems, Richard Wiseman has been...
Why do some people lead happy successful lives whilst other face repeated failure and sadness? Why do some find their perfect partner whilst others stagger from one broken relationship to the next? What enables some people to have successful careers whils...
"Magic, properly performed, is a complex and skilful art and is capable of deceiving almost everyone, but magicians are understandably reluctant to reveal their methods: magic is also a secretive business. However, there is more to magic than the...