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Why? - What Makes Us Curious (Paperback)
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Why? - What Makes Us Curious (Paperback)
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Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most
human of all our characteristics--curiosity--in this "lively,
expert, and definitely not dumbed-down account" (Kirkus Reviews) 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? "Have you ever wondered why we wonder why?
Mario Livio has, and he takes you on a fascinating quest to
understand the origin and mechanisms of our curiosity. I thoroughly
recommend it." (Adam Riess, Nobel Prize Winner in Physics, 2011).
Curiosity is not only at the heart of mystery and suspense novels,
it is also essential to other creative endeavors, 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. In the
ever-fascinating Why? 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? An astrophysicist who has written about mathematics,
biology, and now psychology and neuroscience, Livio has firsthand
knowledge of his subject which he explores in a lucid, entertaining
way that will captivate anyone who is curious about curiosity.
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