Lisa Sideris

Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Lisa Sideris is professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the author, most recently, of Consecrating Science: Wonder, Knowledge, and the Natural World (University of California Press, 2017).

Written by Lisa Sideris

Hiker with a large backpack walking along a ridge with misty mountains in the background.
WONDER AND THE SUBLIME

To benefit from wonder, make sure you’ve got the genuine kind

Why the life-long disposition towards wonder – not the momentary experience of awe – is the way to knowledge and discovery

by Lisa Sideris