| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-304) and index. |
| Summary |
Passion for objects and love for science: scientists and students reflect on how objects fired their scientific imaginations. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Falling for Science""; ""Part I MIT Students and Their Objects (1979�2007)""; ""What We See""; ""What We Sense""; ""What We Model""; ""What We Play""; ""What We Build""; ""What We Sort""; ""What We Program""; ""Part II Mentors and Their Objects""; ""What We See""; ""What We Sense""; ""What We Model""; ""What We Play""; ""What We Build""; ""What We Sort""; ""What We Program""; ""Objects in Mind""; ""Epilogue: What Inspires?""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography and Suggested Readings""; ""Illustration Credits""; ""Index"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Science -- Study and teaching. |
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United States. |
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Engineering -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Engineering -- Study and teaching. |
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Technology -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Technology -- Study and teaching. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Turkle, Sherry.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Falling for science. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008 9780262201728 (DLC) 2007020843 (OCoLC)132681503 |
| ISBN |
9780262285230 (electronic book) |
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0262285231 (electronic book) |
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9781435647909 (electronic book) |
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1435647904 (electronic book) |
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1282100122 |
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9781282100121 |
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9780262201728 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0262201720 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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