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The Scientist in the Crib
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The Scientist in the Crib

What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind

by Alison Gopnik

Recommended by Steve Jurvetson

Recommended by Steve Jurvetson

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Psychology, and Science.

This exciting book by three pioneers in the new field of cognitive science discusses important discoveries about how much babies and young children know and learn, and how much parents naturally teach them. It argues that evolution designed us both to teach and learn, and that the drive to learn is our most important instinct. It also reveals as fa...

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Psychology, and Science.

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Steve Jurvetson

The only thing I did to prepare for being a parent was to read The Scientist in the Crib.

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