Falling for Science: Objects in Mind

ISBN 10: 0262201720 / ISBN 13: 9780262201728

Published by Mit Pr, 2008

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Seller Inventory # BSM.LM0G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Falling for Science: Objects in Mind
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262201720
• ISBN 13: 9780262201728
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

"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.

About the Author

Barbara Neri is a multidisciplinary artist and scholar based in Michigan. She is currentlycreating a book of art/criticism on EBB's Sonnets from the Portuguese. Neriwill perform The Consolation of Poetry on 23 and 24 October 2003 in the SponbergTheatre, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.