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The esteemed writer only loses sleep when the Yankees play on the west coast.
It’s an absolute fixture in children’s libraries worldwide and upon its publication in 1963 was awarded the Caldecott Medal, a distinguished award given to the year’s best picture book for […]
Developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik has been in a very small minority among her fellow philosophy scholars; for one, she’s woman, but more importantly, she is convinced that philosophers were doing […]
During the presidential campaign last year, a woman told Sen. John McCain at a town hall meeting that she couldn’t trust then Sen. Barack Obama because she had read that […]
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Alison Gopnik faced a unique challenge trying to make a name for herself in the hard-nosed male-dominated realm of philosophy while simultaneously following her heart’s desire to work with children.
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Alison Gopnik worries about children growing up poor.
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Developmental Psychologist Alison Gopnik makes the case that babies are at the core of what human love is all about, and explains how the lives of animals prove it.
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Alison Gopnik insists that her experience studying the development of children’s minds did nothing to help her raise her own children.
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Thinking like a baby unlocks creativity, enhances sensation, and sparks new ideas. And it turns out that drinking an espresso with your lover in Paris is the key to arriving […]
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Developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik points out the crucial age during which children’s brains evolve into adult brains, and explains what parents can do to ensure the transition is seamless.
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To developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik, early education has it all wrong: class and study based teaching is counterintuitive and demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of how our minds grow.
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Developmental psychologist and author Alison Gopnik has spent her career learning truths about the mind and answering the big philosophical questions with help from an unlikely source: babies. Gopnik told […]
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A conversation with the Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley.
Fashion historian Caroline Weber came to Big Think yesterday in a beautiful Marc Jacobs dress. The significance of her outfit? Shoulder pads, or as she calls them, an 80s-era fad […]
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A conversation with the chairman of Pace Wildenstein Galleries.
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Art dealer Arne Glimcher talks about a dream dinner conversation of reductionism and minimalism.
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It’s because works were treated like commodities that the market has become illogical, says gallery owner Arne Glimcher.
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There are more masterpieces available to people now than ever before, says gallery owner Arne Glimcher.
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Why China is hot and Boston is not, explains Pace Wildenstein Gallery chairman Arne Glimcher.
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Arne Glimcher borrowed $2,400 to open his first gallery on Newbury Street in Boston after a chance observation; years later, he looks back on the moment his success began. Image: […]