false 2467021 1 "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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <b>Introductory and concluding essays by</b>:<br /> Sherry Turkle.<br /> <br /> <b>Mentor essays by</b>:<br /> Susan Hockfield, Donald Ingber, Alan Kay, Sarah Kuhn, Donald Norman, Seymour Papert, Rosalind Picard, Moshe Safdie. 2474217 30 5 2008 Falling for Science: Objects in Mind total:3|5:3| 3 15 27 2 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 5 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 06:43:28 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 06:58:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 5 0 false Fri Aug 22 21:25:40 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 21:27:24 -0700 2008 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Sun Dec 06 10:59:48 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 06 10:59:48 -0800 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Mon Nov 02 21:24:13 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 21:25:37 -0800 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Wed Sep 30 10:29:33 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 10:29:33 -0700 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Wed Aug 19 20:47:49 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 20:47:49 -0700 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Mon Aug 10 11:46:29 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 11:46:35 -0700 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Tue Jun 02 14:43:08 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 14:43:08 -0700 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Mon May 04 13:02:03 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 13:02:03 -0700 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 5 0 false Thu Mar 26 12:34:01 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 12:34:01 -0700 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Tue Mar 17 13:15:40 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 13:15:40 -0700 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Sun Feb 15 15:13:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 15:13:00 -0800 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Sun Jan 25 09:47:03 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 09:47:03 -0800 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Sat Jan 24 12:27:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 12:27:00 -0800 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Mon Jan 19 14:28:45 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 14:28:45 -0800 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Mon Jan 12 17:16:21 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 17:16:26 -0800 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Fri Jan 02 14:38:08 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 14:38:08 -0800 2009 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Sat Dec 27 15:11:11 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 15:11:11 -0800 2008 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Fri Dec 26 15:15:15 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 15:15:15 -0800 2008 2467021 0262201720 9780262201728 3 2 5.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2467021.Falling_for_Science_Objects_in_Mind 0 0 false Thu Dec 25 17:12:34 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 17:12:34 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2467021