Author(s): Alison Gopnik , Andrew N Meltzoff & Patricia K Kuhl

Parenting

Blending two worlds--science and children--this informative book by a team of pioneering researchers offers new and exciting findings from the field of developmental science about the innate knowledge of babies and the powerful bond between parents and their children that naturally fosters learning. Review Quotes: "Finally, a book on child development that is both authoritative and really fun to read! Professionals, students, and the public at large can all learn from it. In short, a brilliant book."--John H. Flavell, Ph.D., professor of psychology, Stanford University"This book is at once a masterful synthesis of the latest findings about the minds of children and a provacative argument that young children resemble practicing scientists. Few books about human development speak so eloquently to both scholars and parents."--Howard Gardner, Ph.D., author of "Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences in the 21st Century"Fascinating...It isn't until you read "The Scientist in the Crib alongside more conventional child-development books that you begin to appreciate the full implications of its argument."--Malcolm Gladwell, "The New Yorker""The Scientist in the Crib is a triumph, a clear-headed account of the kinds of things that go on in the heads of young children....YThis book? speaks in the voice of intelligent parents talking to other intelligent parents--witty, rather personal, and very well informed."--"The New York Review of Books"Meticulously researched, combining charm and erudition, humor and humanity, "The Scientist in the Crib...should be placed in the hands of teachers, social workers, therapists, policymakers, expectant parents and everyone else who cares about children."--"The Washington Post"YAn? excellent book...it should be of interest to anyone curious about the human mind and its origins."--"The Chicago Tribune"This book is a valuable addition to parents' libraries...After reading it, parents can be enthralled as they watch their new babies imitate and learn the 'rules' ofcommunication and speech learning. What an interesting book by three eminent 'baby watchers!'--T. Berry Brazelton, MD, Harvard Medical School Publisher Marketing: 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 fascinating insights about our adult capacities and how even young children -- as well as adults -- use some of the same methods that allow scientists to learn so much about the world. Filled with surprise at every turn, this vivid, lucid, and often funny book gives us a new view of the inner life of children and the mysteries of the mind.