"A neat fusion of ideas borrowed from sociology, anthropology, existential philosophy and psychoanalysis."-The Herald(U.K.)

"Deep, important, and beautifully written, The Worm at the Core describes a brilliant and utterly original program of scientific research on a force so powerful that it drives our lives, but so frightening that we cannot think clearly about it. This book asks us to, compels us to, and then shows us how."-Daniel Gilbert, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author ofStumbling on Happiness

"As psychology becomes increasingly trivial, devolving into the promotion of positive-thinking platitudes,The Worm at the Core bucks the trend. The authors present-and provide robust evidence for-a psychological thesis with disturbing personal as well as political implications. This is an important book."-John Horgan, author ofThe End of War and director of the Center for Science Writings, Stevens Institute of Technology

"This is a wonderfully (terrifyingly) broad and deep study of most everything we know or have thought about death. It carries Ernest Becker's work a long way further down the road."-Sam Keen, author ofFaces of the Enemy