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This Idea Must Die - John Brockman

This Idea Must Die

Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress

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Buch | Softcover
592 Seiten
2015
HarperPerennial (Verlag)
978-0-06-237434-9 (ISBN)
CHF 27,80 inkl. MwSt
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.

The publisher of the online science salon Edge.org, John Brockman is the editor of Know This, This Idea Must Die, This Explains Everything, This Will Make You Smarter, and other volumes.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 26.3.2015
Reihe/Serie Edge Question Series
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 135 x 203 mm
Gewicht 438 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Verhaltenstherapie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
ISBN-10 0-06-237434-6 / 0062374346
ISBN-13 978-0-06-237434-9 / 9780062374349
Zustand Neuware
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