I did not think I would be this impressed with a book from the "for dummies" collection. I bought it at a used book sale and thought it might be a good reference book. It is much more than that. It is the clearest and most insightful book I have read on the subject. In my field of research (neuroscience) people aren't terribly modest about their insights and tend to make sure you know how smart they are, but Stephan Bodian isn't like that. He does an extraordinary job of making his insights clear and easy to understand, so much so that they don't seem like all that much. Don't let that fool you, he has a background in psychotherapy and is seriously insightful about the nature of the mind. This book is gold.