TY - BOOK ID - 135286819 TI - Curious : the desire to know & why your future depends on it PY - 2014 SN - 9781782064978 1782064974 PB - London Quercus DB - UniCat KW - Curiosity KW - Exploratory Behavior UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135286819 AB - This book is about the extraordinary capacity to take pleasure in discovering, learning and understanding. It demonstrates how the practice of deep curiosity, persistent, self-reflective seeking of knowledge and insight - is key to the success of our careers, the happiness of our children, the strength of our relationships, and the progress of societies. It also argues that curiosity is a fragile quality, which wanes and waxes over time, and that we take it for granted at our peril: and shows you seven practical steps you can take to stay curious. Ranging from Leonardo da Vinci doodling ideas in his notebook to Google co-founder Larry Page's thoughts on the perfect search engine, through to the invention of the microwave oven, the advantages of your local bookseller over Amazon's algorithms and a reassessment of Donald Rumsfeld's defense strategy, this book is a rich, textured, exciting take on the most absorbing human trait of all. ER -