Curious : the desire to know and why your future depends on it / Ian Leslie ; Linda Mark, design.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leslie, Ian, author.

Contributor:

Mark, Linda, designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Curiosity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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?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 filli

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-465-09762-6

0-465-05694-6