Research Catalog

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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Details

Description

xxiv, 216 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"Leslie argues that true curiosity--the sustained quest for understanding that begets insight and innovation--is becoming increasingly difficult to harness in our wired world. We confuse ease of access to information with curiosity, and risk losing our ability to ask questions that extend our knowledge gap rather than merely filling it. Worst of all, this decline in curiosity has led to a decline in empathy and our ability to care about those around us"--

Subjects

• Curiosity
• SELF-HELP / Creativity
• PSYCHOLOGY / Creative Ability
• PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology
• PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology

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