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Riveted

Professor Jim Davies's fascinating and highly accessible book, Riveted, reveals the evolutionary underpinnings of why we find things compelling, from art to religion and from sports to superstition.

Author:

  • Jim Davies

Narrator:

  • Matthew Josdal

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 9 h 15 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Natural sciences
  • Physics and chemistry
  • Culture
  • Literature
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Psychology

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    Jim Davies

    Jim Davies is a professor at the Institute of Cognitive Science at Carleton University. He is the director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory and the co-author on two editions of The GNU Scientific Library Reference Manual. He is the author of Riveted and Imagination: The Science of Your Mind’s Greatest Power, also available from Pegasus Books. He lives in Ottawa, Canada.

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