for professional therapists, the book became a New York Times bestseller and made Berne famous. The book clearly presented everyday examples of the ways in which human beings are caught up in the games they play. Berne gave these games memorable titles such as "Now I've Got You, You Son of a Bitch", "Wooden Leg", "Why Don't You... / Yes, But...", and "Let's You and Him Fight". Berne said that "any social intercourse (…) has a biological advantage over no intercourse at all", so, people need any form of "stroking" (a physical contact, e.g., exchange) to live. Name and pseudonyms In 1943 he changed his legal name from Eric Lennard Bernstein to Eric Berne. Berne had an irrepressible sense of humour, which was particularly evident in his writing. For example, in his article entitled Who was condom? Berne wrote about the contraceptive, the condom, and whether a man named Condom ever existed. While at McGill he wrote for several student newspapers using pseudonyms. He continued to write under pseudonyms such as Cyprian St. Cyr ("Cyprian Sincere") in whimsical articles in the Transactional Analysis Bulletin. Personal life Berne was married three times. His first wife was Ruth Harvey (the Jorgensen biography used the pseudonyms of "Elinor" and "McRae" to protect the privacy of Berne’s first wife). They married in 1942, had two children, and divorced acrimoniously in 1945. In 1949 he married Dorothy DeMass Way, with whom he also had two children before their divorce in 1964. After his popular success, Eric married a third time, to Torre Peterson in 1967. The couple took up residence in Carmel, California, where he wrote, but he continued some clinical work in San Francisco. This marriage also ended in divorce, in early 1970. Death Berne died of a heart attack in Carmel on July 15, 1970. He was 60 years old. Bibliography The Mind in Action; 1947, New York, Simon and Schuster. The Structures and Dynamics of Organizations and Groups; 1961; (1984 Paperback reprint: ). Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy; 1961; (1986 reprint: ). Games People Play: the Psychology of Human Relations; 1964 (1978 reprint, Grove Press, ); (1996 Paperback, ) Principles of Group Treatment; 1966 Oxford University Press The Happy Valley; 1968, Random House Publisher, Sex in Human Loving; 1970. A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (Paperback); 1975, Grove Press; What Do You Say After You Say Hello?; 1973; A Montreal Childhood; 2010,