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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.
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“Fascinating . . . An invigorating debate.” –The Washington Post Book World
“And intriguing collection of essays . . . full of comical and thought-provoking stories.” –Psychology Today
“Quirky, absorbing and persuasive in just the way that good stories are.” –Nature
“In this superlative collection . . . scientists–who also happen to be splendid writers–discuss what first attracted them to careers in science. . . . Inspiring.” –Sci Fi Magazine
“Revealing accounts and entertaining reading.” –Science News
“Compelling . . . rather than revealing a secret formula that produces an adult scientist, this collection proves just how disparate are the ingredients. . . . Idiosyncrasies are, in the end, what gives the collection its kick.” –Discover
“Forget algebra camp–a scientist’s life can also begin with Gilligan’s Island or the James Bond movie Thunderball . . . Entertaining stories.” –Popular Science
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“And intriguing collection of essays . . . full of comical and thought-provoking stories.” –Psychology Today
“Quirky, absorbing and persuasive in just the way that good stories are.” –Nature
“In this superlative collection . . . scientists–who also happen to be splendid writers–discuss what first attracted them to careers in science. . . . Inspiring.” –Sci Fi Magazine
“Revealing accounts and entertaining reading.” –Science News
“Compelling . . . rather than revealing a secret formula that produces an adult scientist, this collection proves just how disparate are the ingredients. . . . Idiosyncrasies are, in the end, what gives the collection its kick.” –Discover
“Forget algebra camp–a scientist’s life can also begin with Gilligan’s Island or the James Bond movie Thunderball . . . Entertaining stories.” –Popular Science
“[An] engrossing treat of a book . . . crammed with hugely enjoyable anecdotes.” –New Scientist
John Brockman, editor of many books, including The Next Fifty Years, is also the author of By the Late John Brockman, The Third Culture, and Digerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite. He is the founder and CEO of Brockman Inc., a literary and software agency, and the publisher and editor of the Web site Edge. He lives in New York City.www.edge.org
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- Data di pubblicazione2005
- ISBN 10 1400076862
- ISBN 13 9781400076864
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- Numero di pagine256
- RedattoreBrockman John
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. What makes a child decide to become a scientist?For Robert SapolskyStanford professor of biologyit was an argument with a rabbi over a passage in the Bible.Physicist Lee Smolin traces his inspiration to a volume of Einsteins work, picked up as a diversion from heartbreak.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 isand what it isntthat sets the scientific mind apart. "What makes a child decide to become a scientist? For Robert Sapolsky-Stanford professor of biology-it was an argument with a rabbi over a passage in the Bible.Physicist Lee Smolin traces his inspiration to a volume of Einstein's work, picked up as a diversion from heartbreak.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 is-and what it isn't-that sets the scientific mind apart. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781400076864
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