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Why? : what makes us curious / Mario Livio.
Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics-curiosity-as he explores our innate desire to know why.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476792095
- ISBN: 1476792097
- Physical Description: xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Curious -- Curioser -- And curioser -- 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? |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Curiosity > History. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Benton Co PL - Fowler | 153.3 LIV (Text) | 34044000922532 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson Co PL - Madison Main Branch | 153.2 LIVI (Text) | 39391006829699 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Morgan Co PL - Waverly Branch | 153.2 LIV (Text) | 78551000532256 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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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 dialogue'than when they overhear two people talking and know both sides. Why does half a conversation make us more curious than a whole conversation?
In the ever-fascinating Why? Mario Livio interviewed scientists in several fields to explore the nature of curiosity. He examined the lives of two of history's most curious geniuses, Leonardo da Vinci and Richard Feynman. He also talked to people with boundless curiosity: a superstar rock guitarist who is also an astrophysicist; an astronaut with degrees in computer science, biology, literature, and medicine. What drives these people to be curious about so many subjects?
Curiosity is at the heart of mystery and suspense novels. It is essential to other forms of art, from painting to sculpture to music. It is the principal driver of basic scientific research. Even so, there is still no definitive scientific consensus about why we humans are so curious, or about the mechanisms in our brain that are responsible for curiosity.
Mario Livio'an astrophysicist who has written about mathematics, biology, and now psychology and neuroscience'explores this irresistible subject in a lucid, entertaining way that will captivate anyone who is curious about curiosity.
