理查德·懷斯曼（Richard Wiseman），英國著名的大眾心理學教授，緻力於以科學方法研究人們日常生活中看似無法用理性理解的行為。他是愛丁堡大學的心理學博士，並獲劍橋三一學院Perrott-Warrick奬學金，目前負責英國賀福郡大學心理係的一個研究機構。他在直覺、欺騙、運氣、幽默和超自然等領域的研究享譽國際。

懷斯曼教授是英國各大報刊雜誌最常引用的心理學傢。許多世界級頂尖科學期刊報導過他的研究；更多國際媒體如《時代雜誌》、《每日電訊報》及《衛報》對他都有專題介紹。他接受過數百個廣播與電視節目專訪，經常與各界名人閤作，在BBC等著名媒體上進行以成韆上萬人為對象的大規模實驗。他的實驗還登上過著名的金氏記錄。

著有《怪咖心理學》（QUIRKOLOGY）等暢銷書，其擁躉遍布全球各個國傢。

A psychologist and best-selling author gives us a myth-busting response to the self-help movement, with tips and tricks to improve your life that come straight from the scientific community.

Richard Wiseman has been troubled by the realization that the self-help industry often promotes exercises that destroy motivation, damage relationships, and reduce creativity: the opposite of everything it promises. Now, in 59 Seconds, he fights back, bringing together the diverse scientific advice that can help you change your life in under a minute, and guides you toward becoming more decisive, more imaginative, more engaged, and altogether more happy.

From mood to memory, persuasion to procrastination, resilience to relationships, Wiseman outlines the research supporting the new science of “rapid change” and, with clarity and infectious enthusiasm, describes how these quirky, sometimes counterintuitive techniques can be effortlessly incorporated into your everyday life. Or, as he likes to say: “Think a little, change a lot.”

From the Hardcover edition.