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Description of  Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything

With the recent landing of the Mars rover Curiosity, it seems safe to assume that the idea of being curious is alive and well in modern sciencethat its not merely encouraged but is seen as an essential component of the scientific mission. Yet there was a time when curiosity was condemned. Neither Pandora nor Eve could resist the dangerous allure of unanswered questions, and all knowledge wasnt equalfor millennia it was believed that there were some things we should not try to know. In the late sixteenth century this attitude began to change dramatically, and in Read more