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Triumphs of Experience

The Men of the Harvard Grant Study

George E. Vaillant

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$21.00 • £18.95 • €19.95

ISBN 9780674503816

Publication Date: 05/04/2015

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480 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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George E. Vaillant is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

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Listen to a 2018 episode of NPR’s podcast Hidden Brain that discusses what the Harvard Grant Study taught us about the importance of emotional health and interpersonal connection in supporting physical health
Read an excerpt from Triumphs of Experience at the PBS blog NextAvenue
Read a Wall Street Journal Q&A with George Vaillant about finding happiness later in life
Listen to an interview with Vaillant on WNYC’s The Takeaway
In the New York Times, read David Brooks’s column on the lessons of the Grant Study
Listen to an interview with Vaillant at Acculturated
Read an interview with Vaillant in Maclean’s
In the New York Times, read why Vaillant believes that personal relationships are the key to healthy aging
In the Atlantic, read a 2009 cover story on the Grant Study and interview with one study participant, along with a 2013 follow-up

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