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Exuberance, the passion for life, by Kay Redfield Jamison

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Exuberance, the passion for life, by Kay Redfield Jamison

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-378) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Exuberance

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

54767487

Responsibility statement

by Kay Redfield Jamison

Sub title

the passion for life

Summary

Explores the role of exuberance in humankind's most important creative and scientific accomplishments, discussing the nature of exuberance and its relationship to intellectual curiosity, creativity, risk-taking, and survival

Table Of Contents

"Incapable of being indifferent" -- "This wonderful loveliness" -- "Playing fields of the mind" -- "The glowing hours" -- "The champagne of moods" -- "Throwing up sky-rockets" -- "Forces of nature" -- "Nothing is too wonderful to be true" -- "We should grow too fond of it" -- "It is not down in any map."

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