John Mordechai Gottman, PhD, is a scholar and researcher renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction. He has conducted 40 years of research with thousands of couples, and is the cofounder, with his wife, Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, of the Gottman Institute. He is also the executive director of the affiliated Relationship Research Institute and a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington, where he founded "The Love Lab." More information about John and the Gottman Institute is available at www.gottman.com.

• 1. A Science of Love? Really? 2. There are Three Phases of Love in a Lifetime of Love 3. Imagining “The Love Equations” 4. Love and Equations Do Go Together 5. Our Final Love Equations 6. The Invisible Factors that Deeply Affect Love 7. There are Only Three Ways to Love Well 8. Getting a Feeling for the Love Equation Parameters: Becoming a Better Observer of Couples’ Interactions 9. When to Bail out of a Bad Relationship: With a Little Help from Algebra 10. As Good As It Gets 11. The Rest of Emotion 12. Emotional Turbulence 13. Five Recipes for a Delicious Relationship, and Proof that It Works

"This book offers a fascinating synopsis of John Gottman’s many breakthrough discoveries over his decades of research into couple relationships. As always what he has to say is original, relevant, and wise. His work is a cornerstone of the new science of love and loving that promises to transform how we understand and intervene in our most important relationships – the relationships that sculpt our sense of self and the society we live in." - Sue Johnson, Author of Love Sense and Hold Me Tight"This amazing book combines an illuminating personal history by John Gottman of his groundbreaking research on couple relationships with an ingenious translation of his discoveries into formulas." - Daniel Wile, Author of After the Honeymoon