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Why? : What Makes Us Curious by Mario Livio; Overdrive Inc is a education title available to read on EtoBox.

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Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics—curiosity—as he explores our innate desire to know <i>why</i>.<br><br>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 talking and know both sides. Why does half a conversation make us more curious than a whole conversation?<br> <br>In the ever-fascinating <i>Why? </

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Common subject areas: education, pedagogy.

Author
Mario Livio; Overdrive Inc
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9781476792101
Category
education
Subjects
Science, History, Personality
Rating
3.37 / 5 (119 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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