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Review: Love By Numbers by Luisa Dillner

By Lucy Dodwell

11 February 2009

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IS INTERNET dating a good way of finding love? Do men prefer blondes? Is your relationship doomed to fail? Can you die of a broken heart? What should men do to get more sex? Luisa Dillner gives the answers to these and many more questions about matters of the heart. But she is not your average agony aunt: she cites findings from peer-reviewed papers, and numerous agency and governmental reports, providing quantitative answers and the real facts and figures.

Despite the title, this book advises not just on love, but on relationships in general – so…

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