Why?, what makes us curious, Mario Livio
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Why?, what makes us curious, Mario Livio
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-227) and index
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non fiction
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Why?
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Mario Livio
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what makes us curious
Summary
Explores the science behind curiosity to evaluate its role in human creativity, ambition, and culture, drawing on interviews with scientists and students while examining the lives of prominent intellectuals to identify how curiosity manifests in the brain
Table Of Contents
Curious -- Curioser -- And curioser -- Curious about curiosity: information gap -- Curious about curiosity: intrinsic love of knowledge -- Curious about curiosity: neuroscience -- The rise of human curiosity: a brief account -- Curious minds -- Why curiosity?
Target audience
adult
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