Wonder
Childhood and the Lifelong Love of Science
$77.73
- Hardcover
312 pages
- Release Date
16 March 2022
Summary
How we can all be lifelong wonderers: restoring the sense of joy in discovery we felt as children.
From an early age, children pepper adults with questions that ask why and how: Why do balloons float? How do plants grow from seeds? Why do birds have feathers? Young children have a powerful drive to learn about their world, wanting to know not just what something is but also how it got to be that way and how it works. Most adults, on the other hand, have little curiosity about whys and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262046497 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262046490 |
| Author: | Frank C. Keil |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 16 March 2022 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“Wonder is simply wonderful. Summarizing recent scientific discoveries, many from his own lab, Frank Keil demolishes a deficit view of young learners and replaces it with a portrait of the child as a curious scientist, fully capable of asking and exploring an endless sequence of questions about how and why the world works. A must-read for any parent or educator who believes a young mind is a terrible thing to waste.”—Angela Duckworth, Founder and CEO of Character Lab, #1 New York Times best selling author of Grit.
“How to perpetuate wonder — and respect for science — in adulthood is the heart of [Keil’s] appealing book.”—Nature
“This book has given me hope by proposing a future for my children that will remain wonder-full.“—American Scientist
Frank C. Keil
Frank C. Keil is Charles C. & Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Psychology at Yale University. He is also a member of the Cognition and Development Lab at Yale. He is the author of Developmental Psychology: The Growth of Mind and Behavior and other books.
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