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

Title
Curious : the desire to know and why your future depends on it / Ian Leslie.
Author
Leslie, Ian
Publication
New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014.

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Subject
Curiosity
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The fourth drive -- Part 1: How curiosity works. Three journeys ; How curiosity begins ; Puzzles and mysteries -- Part 2: The curiosity divide. Three ages of curiosity ; The curiosity dividend ; The power of questions ; The importance of knowing -- Part 3: Staying curious. Seven ways to stay curious: Stay foolish ; Build the database ; Forage like a foxhog ; Ask the big why ; Be a thinkerer ; Question your teaspoons ; Turn puzzles into mysteries -- Afterword: Bjarni.
ISBN
  • 9780465079964 (hbk.)
  • 0465079962
LCCN
  • 2014014708
  • 40024013347
OCLC
  • 869266740
  • 2014014708
  • SCSB-5762518
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries