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Claudia is currently writing a new book on the psychology
of time.
The Bookseller magazine announced the news in July 2009:
"Nick Davies, editorial director, acquired world rights to BBC Radio 4 presenter Claudia Hammond's Thinking Time: Adventures in the New Psychology of Time, and UK and Commonwealth rights to Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by US business writer Daniel Pink. Canongate said the two titles would appeal to "the extensive fan-base" of books such as Nudge and The Long Tail.
"Hammond's title looks at time perception, focusing on how we can improve our relationship with time. Drive looks at motivation, in particular the "carrot and stick" approach. Davies said: "Both Claudia and Dan have a rare talent for articulating complex ideas to popular audiences. Combine that skill with rich and fascinating subject matter—in this case, time perception and human motivation—and we have the makings of two very big books."
Canongate signs pop psych titles
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From the Independent
April 5, 2005
Making emotions work for you
Anger, sadness, fear, disgust — human feelings can be unsettling, but far from being a sign of weakness, riding the emotional rollercoaster could prove beneficial. Jerome Burne reports.
The purpose of each emotion and their individual quirks are the subject of a new book by the broadcaster Claudia Hammond. Emotional Rollercoaster: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings is an entertaining, informed guide to the responses that drive and colour our lives.
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What the critics say
"This book is amazing" (Chris Evans, Radio 2, 2006)
"A formidable array of current research...personal anecdotes, detailed accounts of some of the more...entertaining experiments and nuggets of hard fact." (Emma Crichton-Miller, Sunday Telegraph, 2005)
" ….treats emotions as rational, material processes. Hammond's style is accessible and anecdotal, and her refusal to romanticise emotions is bracing." (Financial Times, 2005)
"It is my hope that science writers will take a leaf out of Hammond's book and learn to treat their subjects with the humour, sensitivity and warmth that here emanate from every page." (Dylan Evans, The Guardian, 2005)
"a warm and witty investigation of the passions" (Dylan Evans, the Guardian 2005)
"a book of mind-bending facts" (The Sun, 2005)
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