Kircher's research encompassed a variety of disciplines including geography, astronomy, mathematics, language, medicine, and music, bringing to each a rigorous scientific curiosity girded in a mystical conception of natural laws and forces.
If the new Annie's utter vapidity is hardly a surprise, the degree of rigorous religious curiosity that survives multimillion-dollar treatment in Exodus: Gods and Kings (Fox, 12) is far less expected.
Through rigorous research and unmistakable curiosity, Trumble pushes his subject to unexpectedly rewarding depths.
That's the one that suggests that if universities have a primary purpose it is as forums of open curiosity and rigorous criticism, as microcosms of democracy and free inquiry.
Best practice in social studies classrooms centers on "the use questions to spark curiosity, guide instruction, deepen investigations, acquire rigorous content, and apply knowledge and ideas in real world settings".
Now, this was hardly a rigorous scientific trial, just a rough-and-ready experiment to satisfy passing curiosity.
This rigorous program emphasizing attitude and effort instills qualities like courage, integrity, concern, curiosity, leadership, respect and responsibility, with assessments based on one's best.
Out of curiosity, I called the Archdiocese of New York, which supposedly enacted a rigorous policy last summer.
Rigorous as Dickinson's poetry is, key elements often engage young readers: her strong voice, her intense curiosity and her keen eye, for starters.
