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Jonah lehrer was about to go on stage before 1,000 people in the summer of 2012 when he got the news. He starts the book by apologizing for his mistakes and reassures his audience that the book has undergone some serious factchecking. Jul 12, 2016 a book about love ebook written by jonah lehrer. Buy a book about love by jonah lehrer from waterstones today. When slate broke the news, in hilarious fashion, that serial selfplagiarist and quotefabricator jonah lehrer s new book idea is about the science of love, not his own misdeeds, no one could. Good writers make writing look easy, but what people like lehrer do is not easy at all. A book about love by jonah lehrer number one bestselling science writer jonah lehrer explores the only happiness that lastslovein a book that is. Jul 14, 2016 no meticulous mea culpa is on offer from jonah lehrer in a book about love, his first title since the last was hurriedly withdrawn. Jonah lehrer resigns from new yorker, admitting he. Jul 12, 2016 jonah lehrer is a writer, and the author of a book about love, how we decide, and proust was a neuroscientist.

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Journalist lehrer addresses the power of human attachment. A book about love is an interesting and more than that informative read. In a followup story last night, the new york times quoted the. Number one bestselling science writer jonah lehrer explores the only happiness that lastslovein a book that is interesting on nearly every page.

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Hes written for the new yorker, nature, seed, the washington post and the boston globe. Number one bestselling science writer jonah lehrer explores the only happiness that lasts love in a book that is interesting on nearly every page david brooks, the new york times book. In his new book, jonah lehrer expresses shame and regret. Jonah lehrers new book is a labor of love usa today. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience.

The book is an enjoyable read, s i love that jonah lehrer came back to talk about love, after 4 years of exile due to plagiarism. Love confuses and compels usand it can destroy and. More honest, more boring, still spreading bunk a book about love proves the best practices of science journalism dont offer much insurance against distortions and halftruths. Another writer just discovered that he put madeup quotes from bob dylan in his book. Weaving together scientific studies from clinical psychologists, longitudinal studies of health and happiness, historical accounts and literary depictions, childrearing manuals, and the language of online dating sites, jonah lehrer s a book about love plumbs the most. Jonah lehrer s new book has come in for stern criticism. Jul 30, 2012 all contributed to the rise of jonah lehrer, the 31yearold author, speaker and staff writer for the new yorker, who then executed one of the most bewildering recent journalistic frauds, one that on monday cost him his prestigious post at the magazine and his status as one of the most promising, visible and wellpaid writers in the business. A journalist unravels science writer jonah lehrer has resigned his post at the new yorker after another reporter revealed hed made up some of the bob dylan quotes in his. Lehrer has written a seminal book for any woman who wants to know what really matters in relationships. Lehrer uses scores of detailed vignettes to traverse a complicated intellectual landscape, eventually arriving at modern theories of lovehe is a talent usa today, and a book about love decodes the set of skills necessary to cultivate a lifetime of love. Love, lehrer argues, is not built solely on overwhelming passion, but. A book about love by jonah lehrer has an overall rating of pan based on 5 book. A book about love by jonah lehrer i have just about finished reading this book and have to say, really enjoyed it. Controversial writer lehrer, whose last two books imagine 2012 and how we decide 2009 were recalled in 2012 on the basis of fabrication and plagiarism claims later acknowledged by the author.

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Jonah lehrer is officially selling his soul the atlantic. Instead of an apology, in a cunning move lehrer has. No, but i freely admit it is more reasonable than the nyt commented a book from someone who commited in other works plagiarism, therefore racism is great. A book about love number one bestselling science writer jonah lehrer explores the only happiness that lastslovein a book that is interesting on nearly every. The animating idea of his intriguing new book is that two opposing psychological laws, habituation and love, shape much of human experience. Weaving together scientific studies from clinical psychologists, longitudinal studies of health and happiness. Nick cunardrexshutterstock t he most vilified writer of modern times is back, and people are lining up to give him another.

Can jonah lehrer redeem himself with a book about love. A book about love grew out of the wreckage he had made of his life, mr. Jonah lehrers first postscandal book is not the one weve. Jonah richard lehrer born june 25, 1981 is an american author. Weaving together scientific studies from clinical psychologists, longitudinal studies of health and happiness, historical accounts and literary depictions, childrearing manuals, and the language of online dating sites, jonah lehrer s a book about love plumbs the most mysterious, most formative, most important impulse.