{"product_id":"seeking-understanding-jan-visser-9789004416789","title":"Seeking Understanding: The Lifelong Pursuit to Build the Scientific Mind","description":"The quest to understand defines our humanness. Since time immemorial it has given rise to art and literature, philosophical reflection, religious practice, myths, metaphor, and allegory, as well as, in more recent history, disciplined scientific inquiry. Seeking understanding is a lifelong journey towards a goal the parameters of which change as our pursuit progresses, until, at life's end, the goal vanishes beyond the horizon. Such is humanness. Along the way, we build, in an enduring self-transformative fashion, our mind--the scientific mind. But what is that mind?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A transdisciplinary team of 21 prominent authors, from areas such as music history, psychiatry, physics, cosmology, education, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, gaming, artificial intelligence, science communication, early child development, science education, and economics, shed light on what it takes humans to build and cultivate the scientific mind along the lifespan. A decade of intercultural dialogue preceded the book. It comprised six major international Building the Scientific Mind colloquia in culturally diverse settings that spanned the entire planet. Several hundred people from different disciplines and interests--among them distinguished scientists, policy and decision makers, practitioners and thinkers--contributed to the dialogue.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Building the scientific mind transforms our 'way of being in the world.' It is driven by the desire to understand deeply--cognitively and affectively--who we are in a world of which we are an integral part. It has great relevance for sustained human existence in the Anthropocene and profound implications for how we organize the conditions for informal and formal learning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Visser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004416781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004416789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Jan Visser","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46825826189567,"sku":"9789004416789","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76c4c864-a1cf-4ef4-b00d-ec1873471c36.jpg?v=1746073738","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seeking-understanding-jan-visser-9789004416789","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}