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'Masterfully, and humorously . provides much needed sanity in a world of claims run amok . I devoured it.'
DANIEL LEVITIN, author of The Organized Mind

'Caulfield wittily breaks down everyday dilemmas that might frazzle you . . . Relax encourages you to make decisions informed by evidence, in the hope that you might stop overthinking them.'
PANDORA SYKES, The Times

'A handbook that is informed as well as wise.'
Guardian (Nonfiction to look out for in 2021)

A surprising, liberating and scientifically informed guide to overcoming the anxiety that permeates modern life.

Is breakfast the most important meal of the day?
Do I really have to floss?
Are office meetings actually worth the time they take up?
Am I spending enough time with my children?
Should I worry about binge-watching TV?
What time should I go to bed?

We make, and worry about, a thousand big and little decisions during our waking hours. Too often these decisions are dictated by concerns or beliefs about our world that simply aren't true.

With precision and wit, award-winning public health expert Timothy Caulfield analyses the innumerable cultural, social and psychological forces that shape these misperceptions. Caulfield provides a scientifically informed way out of this mess - Relax will do exactly what the title suggests and help put your mind at ease.

 
 

Review

'Masterfully, and humorously . provides much needed sanity in a world of claims run amok . I devoured it.'

-- Daniel Levitin ? author of THE ORGANISED MIND

'Caulfield wittily breaks down everyday dilemmas that might frazzle you . . . Relax encourages you to make decisions informed by evidence, in the hope that you might stop overthinking them.' -- Pandora Sykes ? The Times

'Those feeling more than usually apprehensive right now might like to turn to Relax . . . a handbook that is informed as well as wise.' -- Rachel Cooke ? Guardian ('Nonfiction to look out for in 2021)

'Read this book - it will vaccinate you against misinformation!' -- Dr Jen Gunter ? New York Times bestselling author

'This is Tim Caulfield at his best . . . a witty romp through a day's activities, casting a critical eye on the numerous decisions we routinely make . . . Tim is marvelous at digging up the science that tells us when to worry and when to, dammit, relax!' -- Joe Schwarcz, PhD, Director, McGill Office for Science and Society ? author of A GRAIN OF SALD and A FEAST OF SCIENCE

'An intelligent mix of research and pop culture.' ? Kirkus, on THE SCIENCE OF CELEBRITY

'[Caulfield] thinks with an academic's rigor and precision.' ? New York Times, on THE SCIENCE OF CELEBRITY

Book Description

A surprising, liberating and scientifically informed guide to overcoming the anxiety that permeates modern life.

About the Author

TIMOTHY CAULFIELD is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health, and Research Director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta. His interdisciplinary research on topics like stem cells, genetics, research ethics, the public representations of science, and health policy issues has allowed him to publish over 350 academic articles. He has won numerous academic and writing awards and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Trudeau Foundation, and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

He contributes frequently for the popular press and is the author of two national bestsellers: The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness, and Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash. Caulfield has been described by Globe and Mail as 'one of North America's most high-profile skeptics ... a kind of specialised celebrity debunker. You can think of him as Gwyneth Paltrow's polite Canadian nemesis.'

Caulfield is also the host and co-producer of the documentary TV series, A User's Guide to Cheating Death.

 
 

A surprising, liberating and scientifically informed guide to overcoming the anxiety that permeates modern life.

 

How many cups of coffee should I drink?

Are work meetings really worth the time?

Do I really have to floss?

 

Award-winning public-health expert Timothy Caulfield tackles our daily dilemmas - from the moment we wake up to when we go to sleep - and the innumerable cultural, social and psychological forces shaping the decisions we make. Too often these decisions are dictated by concerns or beliefs about our world that simply aren't true. Caulfield shows that these misperceptions unnecessarily stress us out and cause us to waste time and money.

 

Relax reveals a science-informed way out of this mess, helping to put your mind at ease.

 

 

WINNER of the 2021 Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book Award

WINNER of the 2021 Alberta Literary Awards' Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction

Person in Lotus Position on OpenMoji 13.1

'Caulfield wittily breaks down everyday dilemmas that might frazzle you . . . Relax encourages you to make decisions informed by evidence, in the hope that you might stop overthinking them.'

PANDORA SYKES, THE TIMES

 

'A handbook that is informed as well as wise.'

OBSERVER

 

'Read this book - it will vaccinate you against misinformation!' –

Dr Jen Gunter ? New York Times bestselling author

 

Person in Lotus Position on OpenMoji 13.1

 

*****

For more information and queries please let me know:
MEENAKSHI KAINTH

[email protected]

 



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Book Description

'Masterfully, and humorously . provides much needed sanity in a world of claims run amok . I devoured it.'
DANIEL LEVITIN, author of The Organized Mind

'Caulfield wittily breaks down everyday dilemmas that might frazzle you . . . Relax encourages you to make decisions informed by evidence, in the hope that you might stop overthinking them.'
PANDORA SYKES, The Times

'A handbook that is informed as well as wise.'
Guardian (Nonfiction to look out for in 2021)

A surprising, liberating and scientifically informed guide to overcoming the anxiety that permeates modern life.

Is breakfast the most important meal of the day?
Do I really have to floss?
Are office meetings actually worth the time they take up?
Am I spending enough time with my children?
Should I worry about binge-watching TV?
What time should I go to bed?

We make, and worry about, a thousand big and little decisions during our waking hours. Too often these decisions are dictated by concerns or beliefs about our world that simply aren't true.

With precision and wit, award-winning public health expert Timothy Caulfield analyses the innumerable cultural, social and psychological forces that shape these misperceptions. Caulfield provides a scientifically informed way out of this mess - Relax will do exactly what the title suggests and help put your mind at ease.

 
 

Review

'Masterfully, and humorously . provides much needed sanity in a world of claims run amok . I devoured it.'

-- Daniel Levitin ? author of THE ORGANISED MIND

'Caulfield wittily breaks down everyday dilemmas that might frazzle you . . . Relax encourages you to make decisions informed by evidence, in the hope that you might stop overthinking them.' -- Pandora Sykes ? The Times

'Those feeling more than usually apprehensive right now might like to turn to Relax . . . a handbook that is informed as well as wise.' -- Rachel Cooke ? Guardian ('Nonfiction to look out for in 2021)

'Read this book - it will vaccinate you against misinformation!' -- Dr Jen Gunter ? New York Times bestselling author

'This is Tim Caulfield at his best . . . a witty romp through a day's activities, casting a critical eye on the numerous decisions we routinely make . . . Tim is marvelous at digging up the science that tells us when to worry and when to, dammit, relax!' -- Joe Schwarcz, PhD, Director, McGill Office for Science and Society ? author of A GRAIN OF SALD and A FEAST OF SCIENCE

'An intelligent mix of research and pop culture.' ? Kirkus, on THE SCIENCE OF CELEBRITY

'[Caulfield] thinks with an academic's rigor and precision.' ? New York Times, on THE SCIENCE OF CELEBRITY

Book Description

A surprising, liberating and scientifically informed guide to overcoming the anxiety that permeates modern life.

About the Author

TIMOTHY CAULFIELD is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health, and Research Director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta. His interdisciplinary research on topics like stem cells, genetics, research ethics, the public representations of science, and health policy issues has allowed him to publish over 350 academic articles. He has won numerous academic and writing awards and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Trudeau Foundation, and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

He contributes frequently for the popular press and is the author of two national bestsellers: The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness, and Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash. Caulfield has been described by Globe and Mail as 'one of North America's most high-profile skeptics ... a kind of specialised celebrity debunker. You can think of him as Gwyneth Paltrow's polite Canadian nemesis.'

Caulfield is also the host and co-producer of the documentary TV series, A User's Guide to Cheating Death.

 
 

A surprising, liberating and scientifically informed guide to overcoming the anxiety that permeates modern life.

 

How many cups of coffee should I drink?

Are work meetings really worth the time?

Do I really have to floss?

 

Award-winning public-health expert Timothy Caulfield tackles our daily dilemmas - from the moment we wake up to when we go to sleep - and the innumerable cultural, social and psychological forces shaping the decisions we make. Too often these decisions are dictated by concerns or beliefs about our world that simply aren't true. Caulfield shows that these misperceptions unnecessarily stress us out and cause us to waste time and money.

 

Relax reveals a science-informed way out of this mess, helping to put your mind at ease.

 

 

WINNER of the 2021 Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book Award

WINNER of the 2021 Alberta Literary Awards' Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction

Person in Lotus Position on OpenMoji 13.1

'Caulfield wittily breaks down everyday dilemmas that might frazzle you . . . Relax encourages you to make decisions informed by evidence, in the hope that you might stop overthinking them.'

PANDORA SYKES, THE TIMES

 

'A handbook that is informed as well as wise.'

OBSERVER

 

'Read this book - it will vaccinate you against misinformation!' –

Dr Jen Gunter ? New York Times bestselling author

 

Person in Lotus Position on OpenMoji 13.1

 

*****

For more information and queries please let me know:
MEENAKSHI KAINTH

[email protected]

 



This email may contain information which is confidential. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. Please do not copy it, disclose its contents or use it for any purpose.


This email is sent on behalf of a company in the Penguin Random House UK group of companies, comprising The Random House Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with number 954009, registered office 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA, Penguin Books Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with number 861590, registered office 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA, Dorling Kindersley Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with number 1177822, registered office One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW and their respective subsidiary companies.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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