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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Request in advance | BF323.C8 L447 2014 | Off-site |
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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