Eminent neuroscientist and psychiatrist Stephanie Cacioppo talks about how love affects us and proves that it is the ability to love that makes us human.

Love has great power - not only connects us emotionally, but also helps to think better, recover faster after illness and ultimately contributes to a more productive and long life.

And all these are not beautiful words, but proven scientific facts. Stephanie has spent many years researching love and using modern imaging techniques to figure out how finding a partner, romance and development together with a partner change our brain.

Studying love under a microscope, she asked questions that concern everyone, and found answers to them:

– Is it possible to love one partner forever?

– Is monogamy a product of society or human biology?

– Is there a scientific justification for a fairy tale about a long and happy love?

– Are there soul mates and love at first sight?

– Can we unravel the complex relationship between love and desire?

– Why is love so difficult to find?

In her gentle yet scientifically grounded book, Stephanie explains how and why we fall in love, what makes love forever, and how to get over lost love, all based on cutting-edge discoveries in chemistry brain and behavioral sciences, as well as on her experience. Explanations and advice are intertwined with a touching personal story: from meeting her husband, the famous scientist John Cacioppo, and inextricably bonding with him to experiencing grief in connection with the departure of a spouse from oncology and healing. The author's experience and her work enrich each other, creating a unique combination of science and poetry.

Who this book is for:

For readers of the bestsellers "Love for Life" and "Hug Me Tight" .

Published in Russian for the first time.