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Books by William von Hippel

William von Hippel is an American social psychologist. After getting his BA at Yale and his PhD at the University of Michigan, he taught for a dozen years at Ohio State University before moving to Australia, where he is currently a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland. He has published hundreds of scientific articles and one bestselling book, “The Social Leap.”

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The Social Leap

William von Hippel

“The Social Leap” by William Von Hippel attempts to answer three seemingly unrelated questions: how we evolved, who we are and what makes us happy. Blending anthropology, biology, history, and psychology with evolutionary science, the book reaches a few counterintuitive conclusions, including one that will completely change your understanding of happiness.

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