The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World's Great Scientists

This book considers how someone might become a scientist by looking back to the everyday interests scientists had as children. It connects scientific futures with hands-on and imaginative activities: dismantling and assembling objects, watching the night sky, drawing, building, exploring, and imagining. Its central idea is that these familiar childhood pursuits can be part of the beginning of a path into science.