Why?: What Makes Us Curious

by Mario Livio

Book Overview

Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics--curiosity--in this "lively, expert, and definitely not dumbed-down account" (Kirkus Reviews) as he explores our innate desire to know why.

Experiments demonstrate that people are more distracted when they overhear a phone conversation--where they can know only one side of the dialogue--than when they overhear two people...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476792100
• ISBN13: 9781476792101
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.2"