Curious : the desire to know and why your future depends on it /

Today it seems we have the world at our fingertips. Thanks to smartphones and tools such as Google and Wikipedia, we're able feed any aspect of our curiosity instantly. But does this mean we are actually becoming more curious? Absolutely not. In Curious, Ian Leslie argues that true curiosity -...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Leslie, Ian
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, [2014]
Subjects:	Curiosity. PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology. SCIENCE / Cognitive Science. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Fourth Drive; PART ONE How Curiosity Works; 1
Three Journeys; 2
Curiosity Begins; 3
Puzzles and Mysteries; PART TWO The Curiosity Divide; 4
Three Ages of Curiosity; 5
The Curiosity Dividend; 6
The Power of Questions; 7
The Importance of Knowing; PART THREE Staying Curious; 8
Seven Ways to Stay Curious; Afterword: Bjarni; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index