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In this fascinating and often hilarious work – winner of the Royal Society of Science Prize 2007 – pre-eminent psychologist Daniel Gilbert shows how – and why – the majority of us have no idea how to make ourselves happy.We all want to be happy, but do we know how? When it comes to improving tomorrow at the expense of today, we're terrible at predicting how to please our future selves.In ‘Stumbling on Happiness’ Professor Daniel Gilbert combines psychology, neuroscience, economics and philosophy with irrepressible wit to describe how the human brain imagines its future – and how well (or badly) it predicts what it will enjoy. Revealing some of the amazing secrets of human motivation, he also answers thought-provoking questions – why do dining companions order different meals instead of getting what they want? Why are shoppers happier when they can't get refunds? And why are couples less satisfied after having children while insisting that their kids are a source of joy?

The history is full of misconceptions that opposed the progress of physics. The book starts with reviewing some historical cases, such as the arguments against the Earth rotation, or the famous problem of ¾ in the theory of electromagnetic mass of electron. After having pointed out that misconceptions have been common in the history of physics, it is argued that they must be present today as well. In fact, it is now commonly being realized that in the last forty years there has been no significant progress in the fundamental theoretical physics. A reason certainly lies in certain stumbling blocks on our way towards the unification of interaction and of gravity with quantum mechanics. The author discusses what he perceives as some persisting misconceptions that have not yet been recognized as such by physics community in general. Contents: PrefaceAcknowledgementAbout Historical Misconceptions in PhysicsHigher Derivative Theories and Negative EnergiesUpon Quantization — Ghosts or Negatives Energies?Transformations of SpinorsQuantum Fields as Basis VectorsBrane Space and Branes as Conglomerates of Quantum FieldsParticle Position in Quantum Field TheoriesMisconceptions and Confusion About TachyonsOrdering Ambiguity of Quantum OperatorsWhat Have We Learned?BibliographyIndex Readership: Researchers and post graduate students in theoretical and high energy physics.Quantum Gravity;Quantum Field Theories;Quantization;Clifford Algebras;Stueckelberg Evolution Time;Relativistic Particle Localization;String Theory;Brane Theory;Braneworld Scenarios;Tachyons;Many-Worlds Interpretation;Causality Paradoxes0 Key Features: This is a unique book on such a subjectThe readers will benefit from learning in what sense the common wisdom about certain topics in fundamental theoretical physics is questionable and has to be revised and howThe book explains in detail how the problematic topics should be formulated afresh, how they are related to each other, and how within such a framework we can remove the stumbling blocks against unification of fundamental interactions

It has never been easy to preach about the cross and resurrection of Jesus, but difficulties today are particularly challenging. Hearers ask tough questions of the church and the Christian faith, and they are not satisfied by formulaic answers. People are often suspicious of doctrine and are attracted to a broad but vague or pluralistic spirituality rather than the classical claims of Christianity.
In this climate, preachers often see preaching on the central events of the Christian story, the crucifixion and resurrection, as more of a problem than a possibility, more of a burden than a joy. They wonder not only how to preach the «old, old story» of cross and resurrection but whether they should preach these themes at all.
This book addresses these concerns and shows preachers how to preach the cross and resurrection in fresh, culturally relevant ways that deepen Christian discipleship. Each chapter shows the relevance of preaching the cross for addressing a particular congregational concern. What has ironically become a stumbling block in the pulpit, the stone that preachers often reject–preaching on the cross and resurrection of Jesus–can serve as the cornerstone for building up the congregation for discipleship in our world.