{"product_id":"curious-minds-how-a-child-becomes-a-scientist-paperback","title":"Curious Minds: How a Child Becomes a Scientist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Brockman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat makes a child decide to become a scientist? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-For Robert Sapolsky-Stanford professor of biology-it was an argument with a rabbi over a passage in the Bible.\u003cbr\u003e-Physicist Lee Smolin traces his inspiration to a volume of Einstein's work, picked up as a diversion from heartbreak.\u003cbr\u003e-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a psychologist and the author of \u003ci\u003eFlow\u003c\/i\u003e, found his calling through Descartes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMurray 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.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes a child decide to become a scientist? \u003cbr\u003e-For Robert Sapolsky-Stanford professor of biology-it was an argument with a rabbi over a passage in the Bible.\u003cbr\u003e-Physicist Lee Smolin traces his inspiration to a volume of Einstein's work, picked up as a diversion from heartbreak.\u003cbr\u003e-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a psychologist and the author of Flow, found his calling through Descartes. \u003cbr\u003eMurray 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Brockman, editor of many books, including \u003cb\u003eThe Next Fifty Years\u003c\/b\u003e, is also the author of \u003cb\u003eBy the Late John Brockman, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Third Culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDigerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite\u003c\/b\u003e. 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154186469439,"sku":"9781400076864","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6sBBzzn3Mo9781400076864.webp?v=1776954538","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/curious-minds-how-a-child-becomes-a-scientist-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}