Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything

by Philip Ball

Book Overview

With the recent landing of the Mars rover Curiosity, it seems safe to assume that the idea of being curious is alive and well in modern science--that it's not merely encouraged but is seen as an essential component of the scientific mission. Yet there was a time when curiosity was condemned. Neither Pandora nor Eve could resist the dangerous allure of unanswered questions, and all knowledge wasn't equal--for millennia it was believed that there were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022604579X
• ISBN13: 9780226045795
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"