Why?: What Makes Us Curious 1476792097, 9781476792095, 9781476792125

Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics—curiosity—in this “

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Why?: What Makes Us Curious
 1476792097,  9781476792095,  9781476792125

Table of contents :
Preface
ONE Curious
TWO Curiouser
THREE And Curiouser
FOUR Curious about Curiosity: Information Gap
FIVE Curious about Curiosity: Intrinsic Love of Knowledge
SIX Curious about Curiosity: Neuroscience
SEVEN A Brief Account of the Rise of Human Curiosity
EIGHT Curious Minds
NINE Why Curiosity?
Epilogue
About the Author
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Credits

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