Why? what makes us curious
Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics-curiosity-as he explores our innate desire to know why. Experiments demonstrate that people are more distracted when they overhear a phone conversation-where they can know only one side of the dialog...
| Main Author: | Livio, Mario, 1945- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2017.
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Table of Contents:
- Curious
- Curiouser
- And curiouser
- Curious about curiosity: information gap
- Curious about curiosity: intrinsic love of knowledge
- Curious about curiosity: neuroscience
- A brief account of the rise of human curiosity
- Curious minds
- Why curiosity?