Dr. Frank Keil, Professor of Cognitive Science and Director of the Cognition and Development Lab at Yale University, and author of the book, Wonder: Childhood and the Lifelong Love of Science, joins the podcast to talk about the academic superpower that is “wonder”, why generalist polymaths make for better specialists than specialists, and how to re-ignite wonder in our children if they’ve lost it along the way.  

Guest Links

Wonder (Amazon) 

Wonder (MIT Press) 

Wonder (American Scientist Reviews)  

Guest Resource Recommendations

Character Lab 

Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Honor Society  

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