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Imagination

by Sheril Kirshenbaum

Often how scientists get started…

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May 11th, 2009 10:43 PM
in Culture, Education | 12 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

12 Responses to “Imagination”

  1. 1.   pete Says:
    May 11th, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    It’s true. There’s something I really love about this image.

  2. 2.   Brian D Says:
    May 11th, 2009 at 11:48 pm

    That brings back memories. I’m one of the rare few who happen to have kept going with it in the same form as I did as a kid. My masters’ research grew out of that link, so the poster hits a soft spot for me. Thanks for sharing it.

  3. 3.   bioephemera Says:
    May 11th, 2009 at 11:49 pm

    I love Lego, and I think it did permanently influence the development of my spatial cognitive skills. I still do basic math in mental visuals involving multiples of Lego. I don’t know if i’m proud of that or not, but hey, whatever works.

  4. 4.   Sheril Kirshenbaum Says:
    May 11th, 2009 at 11:59 pm

    Me too. I also really liked flexiblocks, lincoln logs, and capsela.

  5. 5.   Gaythia Weis Says:
    May 12th, 2009 at 2:52 am

    If one wanted to encourage the development of young minds, getting Legos into more households might be a good place to start.

  6. 6.   QUASAR Says:
    May 12th, 2009 at 3:42 am

    Would you care to explain the lego and fake shadow thing?

  7. 7.   MadScientist Says:
    May 12th, 2009 at 8:03 am

    Cute. :) I wish my artistic skills were that good …

  8. 8.   Curious Wavefunction Says:
    May 12th, 2009 at 11:06 am

    So dinosaurs and plastic, ergo humans, did coexist

  9. 9.   Lilian Nattel Says:
    May 12th, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    Great photo.

  10. 10.   Claire C Smith Says:
    May 12th, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    Sheril,

    I have a pic of me when I was 6 years old playing with Lego at home. My Dad built me a wooden Lego box especially for it because I had loads of pieces collected. It was my favourite toy.

    Super photo.

    Claire

  11. 11.   Imagination | The Intersection | Discover Magazine Says:
    May 26th, 2009 at 11:14 pm

    [...] obvious reasons, I adore the art of Kei [...]

  12. 12.   Deedeedee Says:
    September 21st, 2009 at 9:45 pm

    Somthing in this picture mkes me realize that you never really grow up.





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