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Curious Minds: How A Child Becomes A Scientist
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John Brockman (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication date
September 13, 2005
Pages
236
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781400076864
ISBN-10
1400076862
Dimensions
0.60 by 5 by 7.50 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In a collection of incisive essays, twenty-seven of the world's leading scientists--including Robert Sapolsky, Lee Smolin, Mary Catherine Bateson, Janna Levin, Nicholas Humphrey, Freeman Dyson, and others--reflect on the key moments, experiences, and events in their childhoods that first set them on the course of pursuing a scientific career. Reprint. 20,000 f irst printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: What makes a child decide to become a scientist?
â¢For Robert SapolskyâStanford professor of biologyâit was an argument with a rabbi over a passage in the Bible.
â¢Physicist Lee Smolin traces his inspiration to a volume of Einsteinâs work, picked up as a diversion from heartbreak.
â¢Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a psychologist and the author of Flow, found his calling through Descartes.
Murray Gell-Mann, Nicholas Humphrey, Freeman Dyson . . . 27 scientists in all write about what it was that sent them on the path to their life's work. Illuminating memoir meets superb science writing in stories that invite us to consider what it isâand what it isnâtâthat sets the scientific mind apart.
â¢For Robert SapolskyâStanford professor of biologyâit was an argument with a rabbi over a passage in the Bible.
â¢Physicist Lee Smolin traces his inspiration to a volume of Einsteinâs work, picked up as a diversion from heartbreak.
â¢Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a psychologist and the author of Flow, found his calling through Descartes.
Murray Gell-Mann, Nicholas Humphrey, Freeman Dyson . . . 27 scientists in all write about what it was that sent them on the path to their life's work. Illuminating memoir meets superb science writing in stories that invite us to consider what it isâand what it isnâtâthat sets the scientific mind apart.
Editions
Hardcover
from Pantheon Books (August 1, 2004)
9780375422911 | details & prices | 236 pages | 6.00 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $23.95
About: Twenty-seven scientists write about their earliest inspirations and the childhood events that motivated them to become scientists.
About: Twenty-seven scientists write about their earliest inspirations and the childhood events that motivated them to become scientists.
Paperback
from Vintage Uk (November 5, 2013)
9780099592877 | details & prices | 256 pages | List price $16.90
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Reprint edition from Vintage Books (September 13, 2005)
9781400076864 | details & prices | 236 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.60 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $16.00
About: In a collection of incisive essays, twenty-seven of the world's leading scientists--including Robert Sapolsky, Lee Smolin, Mary Catherine Bateson, Janna Levin, Nicholas Humphrey, Freeman Dyson, and others--reflect on the key moments, experiences, and events in their childhoods that first set them on the course of pursuing a scientific career.
About: In a collection of incisive essays, twenty-seven of the world's leading scientists--including Robert Sapolsky, Lee Smolin, Mary Catherine Bateson, Janna Levin, Nicholas Humphrey, Freeman Dyson, and others--reflect on the key moments, experiences, and events in their childhoods that first set them on the course of pursuing a scientific career.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (September 13, 2005)
9781417757381 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $25.70
About: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
About: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
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