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Why?: What Makes Us Curious
Astrophysicist and creator Mario Livio investigates maybe probably the most human of all our traits—curiosity—as he explores our innate want to know why.
Experiments show that persons are extra distracted once they overhear a cellphone dialog—the place they’ll know just one aspect of the dialogue—than once they overhear two folks speaking and know either side. Why does half a dialog make us extra curious than an entire dialog?
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Within the ever-fascinating Why? Mario Livio interviewed scientists in a number of fields to discover the character of curiosity. He examined the lives of two of historical past’s most curious geniuses, Leonardo da Vinci and Richard Feynman. He additionally talked to folks with boundless curiosity: a famous person rock guitarist who can be an astrophysicist; an astronaut with levels in pc science, biology, literature, and medication. What drives these folks to be inquisitive about so many topics?
Curiosity is on the coronary heart of thriller and suspense novels. It’s important to different types of artwork, from portray to sculpture to music. It’s the principal driver of fundamental scientific analysis. Even so, there’s nonetheless no definitive scientific consensus about why we people are so curious, or concerning the mechanisms in our mind which are answerable for curiosity.
Mario Livio—an astrophysicist who has written about arithmetic, biology, and now psychology and neuroscience—explores this irresistible topic in a lucid, entertaining method that may captivate anybody who’s inquisitive about curiosity.
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Evaluation
“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)
“An energetic look at the psychology and neuroscience of our inquisitiveness.” (Dan Jones Nature)
“Filled with fascinating stories, tidbits, and psychological insights, Why? is a delightful romp through every aspect of human curiosity. It will surprise you, make you smarter, and put a spring in your step.” (Steven Strogatz, Schurman Professor of Utilized Arithmetic, Cornell College, and creator of The Pleasure of X)
“A lively, expert, and definitely not dumbed-down account of why we’re curious.” (Kirkus Opinions)
“It’s impossible to imagine creativity or invention without curiosity, and one could hardly ask for a richer or more engaging exploration of human curiosity than the one provided by Mario Livio in Why?. This book is an intellectual feast for any curious person.” (Jeffrey M. Schwartz MD, Research Psychiatrist UCLA, author of (with Sharon Begley) The Mind and the Brain and (with Rebecca Gladding) You are Not Your Brain)
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“Whether in science or art, curiosity is essential to progress—but what is it, exactly? Mixing historical narratives with interviews, and throwing in a dash of neuroscience, Mario Livio explores whether we are inquisitive because curiosity feels good in itself or because finding out something new removes an irritation. It can be both, he concludes, and different types of curiosity serve different purposes. Livio’s book doesn’t pretend to have all the answers, but it might well spur your own curiosity.”
(David Lindley, author of Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science, and Where Does the Weirdness Go: Why Quantum is Strange but Not as Strange as you Think)
“This cogent e book presents the scientific analysis on curiosity in comprehensible methods with out an excessive amount of jargon. It solutions many (though not all) of our potential questions on curiosity—together with what many initially believed killed the cat.” (Joseph Peschel Science)
“Energetic. . . . Provocative.” (USA At present)
“In Why?, astrophysicist Mario Livio argues that humans are the only species to ask not just what, where or who, but also why. . . . [He} includes some fascinating tidbitsalong the way.” (Katherine Harmon Courage The Washington Post)
“Explores curiosity from a wide variety of angles and shows the author to be astute and ‘curious about curiosity.’ The book is well worth reading simply for the breadth of information about the subject, but also provides tips and cues readers may use to increase their own level of curiosity.”
(Christopher M. Doran New York Journal of Books)
About the Author
Mario Livio is an internationally known astrophysicist, a bestselling author, and a popular speaker who has appeared on The Daily Show, 60 Minutes, and NOVA. He is the author of the national bestseller Brilliant Blunders and other books. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
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