The Art of Curiosity: 50 Visionary Artists, Scientists, Poets, Makers & Dreamers Who Are Changing the Way We See Our World

What do music visionary Brian Eno, kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen, science writer Mary Roach, neuroscientist Oliver Sacks, and computing icon Gordon Moore have in common? They are all game-changers: scientists, artists, entertainers, and activists who revolutionized their fields with bold new perspectives and approaches--and they all had transformative, course-setting experiences at the Exploratorium.

Join them and 45 more brilliant thinkers and doers in a wonderfully playful, insightful, and sometimes incredibly moving journey to see how you, too, can harness your powers of observation, inquiry, and engagement to be the change you want to see in the world--regardless of who you are or what you do.

Interviewees and Subjects Include:

Dave Eggars on looking at the world differently
Hollywood Sound Designer Walter Murch on observation
Laurie Anderson on art as a way of knowing
Memory Expert Elizabeth Loftus on how we learn
Oliver Sacks on perception
Mary Roach on how she learned to ask the right questions
Physicist Phillip Morrison on how to approach a museum
The Dalai Lama on how science and being intersect
Mickey Hart on the art of playing to learn, and learning to play
Community activist Randy Carter on finding joy in the worst of places
. . . and dozens more interviews, insights, and activities suggested by artists, scientists, poets, and politicians, in a book that's guaranteed to make you a more creative person. And maybe just change the world.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Weldon Owen
Published: 10/29/2019
ISBN: 9781681889993
Pages: 200
Weight: 1.68lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.40w x 1.00d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 11/22/2019 pg. 1