Looking around and looking ahead with Bassam Shakhashiri inevitably requires thought about why 'Science is Fun' -- indeed about how science became fun for those of us who committed ourselves to it, and how it can remain fun, once it becomes a vocation. This presentation will focus on fascination and ignition in the lives of young people, especially those in middle school, high school, and the earliest undergraduate years. How do these transformations happen? What experiences improve the chances of achieving them? The lifelong contributions, and certainly the values, of Bassam Shakhashiri will be central to the discussion.

On the importance of becoming fascinated

248th National Meeting (2014)

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