Falling for science: Objects in Mind (Representation and Mind Series)

摘要

All scientists fall in love with an object before realizing that they can fall in love with a broader object, even nature itself. Thus, children playing with an object turn into real scientists interested in the complex processes that can be found in their toys or somehow related to them. The history of science is crowded with examples of children who turn their attention to a particular issue-for the rest of their lives-because they were fascinated with something seen in their childhood.