Curious Minds: How a Child Becomes a Scientist

Curious Minds: How a Child Becomes a Scientist

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Author: John Brockman

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 256


When We Were Kids is a book of original, autobiographical essays by twenty-seven scientists, including Paul Davies, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Freeman Dyson, Murray Gell-Mann, Nicholas Humphrey, Lynn Margulis, Steven Pinker and Robert M. Sapolsky. Each writer attempts to identify that moment or those influences in his or her youth which triggered the determination to become a scientist. Was there a particular event or set of circumstances? o what extent did parents, peers of teachers contribute? hy mathematics rather than psychology; why biology rather than physics? hat were the turning points, mistakes, epiphanies? Personal, passionate, revealing, enthralling, When We Were Kids tells as much about life as it does about science.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: John Brockman

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 256


When We Were Kids is a book of original, autobiographical essays by twenty-seven scientists, including Paul Davies, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Freeman Dyson, Murray Gell-Mann, Nicholas Humphrey, Lynn Margulis, Steven Pinker and Robert M. Sapolsky. Each writer attempts to identify that moment or those influences in his or her youth which triggered the determination to become a scientist. Was there a particular event or set of circumstances? o what extent did parents, peers of teachers contribute? hy mathematics rather than psychology; why biology rather than physics? hat were the turning points, mistakes, epiphanies? Personal, passionate, revealing, enthralling, When We Were Kids tells as much about life as it does about science.