This Idea Must Die
(Sprache: Englisch)
By the bestselling editor of THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING, now 175 of the worlds most brilliant minds tackle Edge.orgs 2014 question: What scientific idea is ready for retirement?
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By the bestselling editor of THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING, now 175 of the worlds most brilliant minds tackle Edge.orgs 2014 question: What scientific idea is ready for retirement?
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The bestselling editor of This Explains Everything brings together 175 of the world's most brilliant minds to tackle Edge.org's 2014 question: What scientific idea has become a relic blocking human progress?Each year, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org-"The world's smartest website" (The Guardian)-challenges some of the world's greatest scientists, artists, and philosophers to answer a provocative question crucial to our time. In 2014 he asked 175 brilliant minds to ponder: What scientific idea needs to be put aside in order to make room for new ideas to advance? The answers are as surprising as they are illuminating. In :
Steven Pinker dismantles the working theory of human behavior
Richard Dawkins renounces essentialism
Sherry Turkle reevaluates our expectations of artificial intelligence
Geoffrey West challenges the concept of a "Theory of Everything"
Andrei Linde suggests that our universe and its laws may not be as unique as we think
Martin Rees explains why scientific understanding is a limitless goal
Nina Jablonski argues to rid ourselves of the concept of race
Alan Guth rethinks the origins of the universe
Hans Ulrich Obrist warns against glorifying unlimited economic growth
and much more.
Profound, engaging, thoughtful, and groundbreaking, This Idea Must Die will change your perceptions and understanding of our world today . . . and tomorrow.
Autoren-Porträt von John Brockman
John Brockman, ehemaliger Aktionskünstler, Herausgeber der Internetzeitschrift 'Edge' und Begründer der 'Dritten Kultur' ('Third Culture'), leitet eine Literaturagentur in New York und hat bereits zahlreiche Bücher veröffentlicht.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: John Brockman
- 2015, 592 Seiten, Maße: 13,6 x 20,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: HarperCollins US
- ISBN-10: 0062374346
- ISBN-13: 9780062374349
- Erscheinungsdatum: 17.02.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
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