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The Art of Curiosity

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Category: Architecture

What do music visionary Brian Eno, kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen, science writer Mary Roach, Mythbuster Adam Savage, and Pulitzer-winning journalist Thomas Friedman 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.

Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Stella ★★★★★

The mix of creative minds here is genuinely inspiring—I keep flipping back to the section on Jansen's kinetic sculptures and how he talks about building with wind. It's the kind of book that makes you want to rearrange your whole workspace and think differently.

Miles K. ★★★★★

Interviews span such wild territory—Eno talking music and Jansen building strandbeests—that I kept flipping pages past my bedtime. It's the rare architecture book that makes you rethink how creativity actually works.

Grace ★★★★★

The book arrived with a crisp, gallery-quality cover that made me want to crack it open immediately. Hearing Adam Savage and Mary Roach talk about their creative processes back-to-back gave me a fresh angle on how to tackle my own projects. Definitely picking up a second copy for my design-savvy fri

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