The opening pages of Nick's 14,000 word chapter, 'Our Relationship with Reality', in the Oxford University Press book, The Science of Well-being, published in November 2005; edited by Felicia Huppert, Nick Baylis, and Barry Keverne.
Nick's chapter sits in the section titled 'The Psychology of Well-being', with chapters by Felicia Huppert, Martin Seligman, Barbara Fredrickson, and the 2002 Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman.
Phil Hanlon, Professor of Public Health at Glasgow University, kindly wrote of the book:
'It is probably the best single source of authoritative information on this important and rapidly developing field.'