Why?: What Makes Us Curious
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (689 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B07231S8S4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 433 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Interesting investigation of that most characteristic of human traits, curiosity." according to Graham H. Seibert. Mario Livio is a quite well-known scientist, an astrophysicist. He is intrigued by the mysterious factor that has driven the great scientists throughout the ages – curiosity.Curiosity does not correlate extremely strongly with any other particular sk. Great until page 32 William Patry I loved this book up until page 32. I was initially skeptical of the book but given the author's training as a scientist I believed he would have intellectual rigor rather than lapse into psychobabble. And he did for the first 31 pages. The questions he as. E. M. Wilson said Covers the exciting subject adequately, but in an academic mannner. Having been a curious scientist all of my long life and having just completed reading Mario Livio's "Brilliant Blunders," I thought his "Why?" book would be a pleasant and relaxed exploration of one of my favorite subjects. I am glad that I read it and I w
It is essential to other forms of art, from painting to sculpture to music. Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics - curiosity - as he explores our innate desire to know why. Even so, there is still no definitive scientific consensus about why we humans are so curious or about the mechanisms in our brains that are responsible for curiosity. What drives these people to be curious about so many subjects? Curiosity is at the heart of mystery and suspense novels. He also talked to people with boundless curiosity: a superstar