{"product_id":"falling-for-science-objects-in-mind-mit-press-0262516764","title":"Falling for Science: Objects in Mind (Mit Press)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0262516764\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Turkle, Sherry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassion for objects and love for science: scientists and students reflect on how objects fired their scientific imaginations.\"This is a book about science, technology, and love, writes Sherry Turkle. In it, we learn how a love for science can start with a love for an object-a microscope, a modem, a mud pie, a pair of dice, a fishing rod. Objects fire imagination and set young people on a path to a career in science. In this collection, distinguished scientists, engineers, and designers as well as twenty-five years of MIT students describe how objects encountered in childhood became part of the fabric of their scientific selves. In two major essays that frame the collection, Turkle tells a story of inspiration and connection through objects that is often neglected in standard science education and in our preoccupation with the virtual. The senior scientists' essays trace the arc of a life: the gears of a toy car introduce the chain of cause and effect to artificial intelligence pioneer Seymour Papert; microscopes disclose the mystery of how things work to MIT President and neuroanatomist Susan Hockfield; architect Moshe Safdie describes how his boyhood fascination with steps, terraces, and the wax hexagons of beehives lead him to a life immersed in the complexities of design. The student essays tell stories that echo these narratives: plastic eggs in an Easter basket reveal the power of centripetal force; experiments with baking illuminate the geology of planets; LEGO bricks model worlds, carefully engineered and colonized. All of these voices-students and mentors-testify to the power of objects to awaken and inform young scientific minds. This is a truth that is simple, intuitive, and easily overlooked.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51706022396192,"sku":"NEW0262516764","price":34.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/811PO27r8aL.jpg?v=1779391953","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/falling-for-science-objects-in-mind-mit-press-0262516764","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}