Tiffany Watt Smith
Tiffany Watt Smith is a TED speaker who has written 3 quality-verified books, paired here with their talk.
Tiffany Watt Smith is the author of The Book of Human Emotions, which tells the stories of 154 feelings from around the world. It has been published in 9 countries so far. She is currently a Wellcome Trust research fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University of London, and she was educated at the Universities of Cambridge and London. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, the BBC News Magazine and The New Scientist. In 2014, she was named a BBC New Generation Thinker. In her previous career, she was a theatre director.
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What books has Tiffany Watt Smith written?
Tiffany Watt Smith has written 3 books in the Books Worth Reading catalogue: "Schadenfreude", "Bad Friend", "The Book of Human Emotions". Each is quality-verified and paired with their TED talk.
What does Tiffany Watt Smith write about?
Tiffany Watt Smith's books on Books Worth Reading cover Psychology & Mind.
What is Tiffany Watt Smith known for?
Tiffany Watt Smith brings a refreshingly humanistic approach to the study of emotion, one that challenges the assumption that feelings are universal, timeless constants of human experience. As a research fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions, she investigates how emotions are cultural...
What is Tiffany Watt Smith's TED talk?
Tiffany Watt Smith's TED talk is "The history of human emotions" (2017). It is paired with their books on Books Worth Reading.