New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change
Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change
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- Paperback
259 pages
- Release Date
11 February 2014
Summary
Why are we attuned to the latest headline, diet craze, smartphone, and fashion statement? Why do we relish a change of scene, eye attractive strangers, and develop new interests? Follow a crawling baby around and you’ll see that right from the beginning, nothing excites us more than something new and different. Our unique human brains are biologically primed to engage with and even generate novelty. This “neophilia” has enabled us to thrive in a world of cataclysmic change, but now we confro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143123743 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143123742 |
| Author: | Winifred Gallagher |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 259 |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2014 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 140mm x 208mm |
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Critics Review
Considering experiences that range from video games to consumer food preferences, this book is an engaging, enjoyable read An accessible, well-researched work that crosses a variety of disciplines and will satisfy scientifically curious readers. It will appeal to those who enjoy Stephen Jay Gould and Oliver Sacks. “Library Journal ” It s difficult to categorize Gallagher s exuberant survey through so many areas of interest, but she proves her point: curiosity about and hunger for the new can certainly take you to many fascinating places. –“BookList” A bright look at our fascination with the new and different [Gallagher] notes neophilia will undoubtedly prove valuable in a future where the only certainly is constant change. Engaging and cautionary. –“Kirkus”” “Considering experiences that range from video games to consumer food preferences, this book is an engaging, enjoyable read… An accessible, well-researched work that crosses a variety of disciplines and will satisfy scientifically curious readers. It will appeal to those who enjoy Stephen Jay Gould and Oliver Sacks.” -“Library Journal ” “It’s difficult to categorize Gallagher’s exuberant survey through so many areas of interest, but she proves her point: curiosity about and hunger for the new can certainly take you to many fascinating places.” –“BookList” “A bright look at our fascination with the new and different… [Gallagher]… notes neophilia will undoubtedly prove valuable in a future where the only certainly is constant change. Engaging and cautionary.” –“Kirkus”
About The Author
Winifred Gallagher
Winifred Gallagher is the author of “House Thinking”, “J
Winifred Gallagher is the author of “House Thinking”, “J
Winifred Gallagher is the author of “House Thinking”, “J
Winifred Gallagher is the author of “House Thinking”, “Just the Way You Are” (a “New York Times” Notable Book), “Worust the Way You Are” (a “New York Times” Notable Book), “Worust the Way You Are” (a “New York Times” Notable Book), “Worust the Way You Are” (a “New York Times” Notable Book), “Working on God”, and “Spiritual Genius”. She has written for nuking on God”, and “Spiritual Genius”. She has written for nukin
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