Why?
What Makes Us Curious
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Contents:
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: a brief account -- Curious minds -- Why curiosity?
ISBN:
9781476792095
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PSYCHOLOGY Applied Liv | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index.