Exuberance: The Passion for Life
- ISBN-10
- 0375701486
- ISBN-13
- 9780375701481
- Series
- Exuberance
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 405
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Kay Redfield Jamison
Description
Explores the role of exuberance in humankind's most important creative and scientific accomplishments, discussing the nature of joy and its relationship to intellectual curiosity, creativity, risk-taking, and survival.
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