Drawn from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, This Explains Everything will revolutionize your understanding of the world. What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"-The Guardian), posed to the world's most influential minds. Flowing from the horizons of physics, economics, psychology, neuroscience, and more, This Explains Everything presents 150 of the most surprising and brilliant theories of the way of our minds, societies, and universe work. Jared Diamond on biological electricity . Nassim Nicholas Taleb on positive stress . Steven Pinker on the deep genetic roots of human conflict . Richard Dawkins on pattern recognition . Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek on simplicity . Lisa Randall on the Higgs mechanism . BRIAN Eno on the limits of intuition . Richard Thaler on the power of commitment . V. S. Ramachandran on the "neural code" of consciousness . Nobel Prize winner ERIC KANDEL on the power of psychotherapy . Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on "Lord Acton's Dictum" . Lawrence M. Krauss on the unification of electricity and magnetism . plus contributions by Martin J. Rees . Kevin Kelly . Clay Shirky . Daniel C. Dennett . Sherry Turkle . Philip Zimbardo . Lee Smolin . Rebecca Newberger Goldstein . Seth Lloyd . Stewart Brand . George Dyson . Matt Ridley

This Explains Everything - 150 Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works

More than one hundred of the world's leading thinkers write about things they believe in, despite the absence of concrete proofScientific theory, more often than not, is born of bold assumption, disparate bits of unconnected evidence, and educated leaps of faith. Some of the most potent beliefs among brilliant minds are based on supposition alone -- yet that is enough to push those minds toward making the theory viable. Eminent cultural impresario, editor, and publisher of Edge (www.edge.org), John Brockman asked a group of leading scientists and thinkers to answer the question: What do you believe to be true even though you cannot prove it? This book brings together the very best answers from the most distinguished contributors. Thought-provoking and hugely compelling, this collection of bite-size thought-experiments is a fascinating insight into the instinctive beliefs of some of the most brilliant minds today.

What We Believe but Cannot Prove - Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty

More than sixty years ago, mathematician-philosopher Norbert Wiener published a book on the place of machines in society that ended with a warning : "We shall never receive the right answers to our questions unless we ask the right questions.... The hour is very late, and the choice of good and evil knocks at our door." In the wake of advances in unsupervised, self-improving machine learning, a small but influential community of thinkers is considering Wiener's words again. In Possible Minds, John Brockman gathers their disparate visions of where Al might be taking us.

Possible Minds - Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI

"Theway Brockman interlaces essays about research on the frontiers of science withones on artistic vision, education, psychology and economics is sure to buzzany brain." -Chicago Sun-Times on This WillChange EverythingMarkingthe debut of a hard-hitting new series from Edge.org and Harper Perennial, editor John Brockman delivers a cutting-edge master class covering everythingyou need to know about The Mind. With original contributions by theworld's leading thinkers and scientists, including Steven Pinker, George Lakoff, Philip Zimbardo, V. S. Ramachandran, and others, The Mind offers aconsciousness-expanding primer on a fundamental topic. Unparalleled in scope, depth, insight and quality, Edge.org's The Mind isnot to be missed.

The Mind - Leading Scientists Explore the Brain, Memory, Personality, and Happiness

Even geniuses change their minds sometimes. Edge (www.edge.org), the influential online intellectual salon, recently asked 150 high-powered thinkers to discuss their most telling missteps and reconsiderations: What have you changed your mind about? The answers are brilliant, eye-opening, fascinating, sometimes shocking, and certain to kick-start countless passionate debates. Steven Pinker on the future of human evolution . Richard Dawkins on the mysteries of courtship . SAM HARRIS on the indifference of Mother Nature . Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the irrelevance of probability . Chris Anderson on the reality of global warming . Alan Alda on the existence of God . Ray Kurzweil on the possibility of extraterrestrial life . Brian Eno on what it means to be a "revolutionary" . Helen Fisher on love, fidelity, and the viability of marriage . Irene Pepperberg on learning from parrots .

What Have You Changed Your Mind About? - Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything

Brilliant but overlooked ideas you must know, as revealed by today's most innovative minds What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of the acclaimed science salon Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"-The Guardian), presented to 205 of the world's most influential thinkers from across the intellectual spectrum-award-winning physicists, economists, psychologists, philosophers, novelists, artists, and more. From the origins of the universe to the order of everyday life, This Idea Is Brilliant takes readers on a tour of the bold, exciting, and underappreciated scientific concepts that will enrich every mind. Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel JARED DIAMOND on the lost brilliance of common sense * Oxford evolutionary biologist RICHARD DAWKINS on how The Genetic Book of the Dead could reconstruct ecological history * philosopher REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN on how to extend our grasp of reality beyond what we can see and touch * author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics CARLO ROVELLI on the interconnected fabric of information * Booker Prize-winning novelist IAN McEWAN on the Navier-Stokes equations, which govern everything from weather prediction to aircraft design and blood flow * cosmologist LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS on the hidden blessings of uncertainty * psychologist STEVEN PINKER on the fight against entropy * Nobel Prize-winning economist RICHARD THALER on the visionary power of the "premortem" * Grammy Award-winning musician BRIAN ENO on confirmation bias in the Internet age * advertising guru RORY SUTHERLAND on the world-changing power of sex appeal * Harvard physicist LISA RANDALL on the power of the obvious * Wired founding editor KEVIN KELLY on how to optimize your chances at success * Nobel Prize winner FRANK WILCZEK on the creative potential of complementarity * Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter JOHN MARKOFF on the synthetic metamaterials that soon will transform industry and technology * euroscientist SAM HARRIS on the lost art of intellectual honesty *Berkeley psychologist ALISON GOPNIK on the role of life history in the human story, and many others.

This Idea Is Brilliant - Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know

Today's most visionary thinkers reveal the cutting-edge scientific ideas and breakthroughs you must understand. Scientific developments radically change and enlighten our understanding of the world -- whether it's advances in technology and medical research or the latest revelations of neuroscience, psychology, physics, economics, anthropology, climatology, or genetics. And yet amid the flood of information today, it's often difficult to recognize the truly revolutionary ideas that will have lasting impact. In the spirit of identifying the most significant new theories and discoveries, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website" -- The Guardian), asked 198 of the finest minds What do you consider the most interesting recent scientific news? What makes it important?Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond on the best way to understand complex problems * author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Carlo Rovelli on the mystery of black holes * Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker on the quantification of human progress * TED Talks curator Chris J. Anderson on the growth of the global brain * Harvard cosmologist Lisa Randall on the true measure of breakthrough discoveries * Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek on why the twenty-first century will be shaped by our mastery of the laws of matter * philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on the underestimation of female genius * music legend Peter Gabriel on tearing down the barriers between imagination and reality * Princeton physicist Freeman Dyson on the surprising ability of small (and cheap) upstarts to compete with billion-dollar projects. Plus Nobel laureate John C. Mather, Sun Microsystems cofounder Bill Joy, Wired founding editor Kevin Kelly, psychologist Alison Gopnik, Genome author Matt Ridley, Harvard geneticist George Church, Why Does the World Exist? author Jim Holt, anthropologist Helen Fisher, and more.

Know This - Today's Most Interesting and Important Scientific Ideas, Discoveries, and Developments

How is the internet changing the way you think? That is one of the dominant questions of our time, one which affects almost every aspect of our life and future. And it's exactly what John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to more than 150 of the world's most influential minds. Brilliant, farsighted, and fascinating, Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? is an essential guide to the Net-based world.

Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? - The Net's Impact on Our Minds and Future

Unlock your mind. From the bestselling authors of Thinking, Fast and Slow; The Black Swan; and Stumbling on Happiness comes a cutting-edge exploration of the mysteries of rational thought, decision-making, intuition, morality, willpower, problem-solving, prediction, forecasting, unconscious behavior, and beyond. Edited by John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"-The Guardian), Thinking presents original ideas by today's leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who are radically expanding our understanding of human thought. Contributors include: Daniel Kahneman on the power (and pitfalls) of human intuition and "unconscious" thinking Daniel Gilbert on desire, prediction, and why getting what we want doesn't always make us happy Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the limitations of statistics in guiding decision-making Vilayanur Ramachandran on the scientific underpinnings of human nature Simon Baron-Cohen on the startling effects of testosterone on the brain Daniel C. Dennett on decoding the architecture of the "normal" human mind Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on mental disorders and the crucial developmental phase of adolescence Jonathan Haidt, Sam Harris, and Roy Baumeister on the science of morality, ethics, and the emerging synthesis of evolutionary and biological thinking Gerd Gigerenzer on rationality and what informs our choices

Thinking - The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction in Life and Markets

The world's leading scientific thinkers explore bold, remarkable, perilous ideas that could change our lives-for better .

What Is Your Dangerous Idea? - Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable

"This Will Change Everything offers seemingly radical but actually feasible ideas with the potential to change the world."-Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel Editor John Brockman continues in the same vein as his popular compilations What Are You Optimistic About and What Have You Changed Your Mind About with This Will Change Everything. Brockman asks 150 intellectual superstars "what game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see?" Their fascinating responses are collected here, from bestselling author of Atonement Ian McEwan to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek to electronic music pioneer Brian Eno to writer, actor, director, and activist Alan Alda.

This Will Change Everything - Ideas That Will Shape the Future

Discover the universe's last unknowns-here are the unanswered questions that obsess "the world's finest minds" (The Guardian)Featuring a foreword by DANIEL KAHNEMAN, Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and SlowThis is a little book of profound questions (only questions!)-unknowns that address the secrets of our world, our civilization, the meaning of life. Here are the deepest riddles that have fascinated, obsessed, and haunted the greatest thinkers of our time, including Nobel laureates, cosmologists, philosophers, economists, prize-winning novelists, religious scholars, and more than 250 leading scientists, artists, and theorists. In The Last Unknowns, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, asks "a mind-blowing gathering of innovative thinkers" (Booklist): "What is 'The Last Question, ' your last question, the question for which you will be remembered?"Featuring the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel JARED DIAMOND . Nobel Prize-winning University of Chicago economist RICHARD THALER . Harvard psychologist STEVEN PINKER . religion scholar ELAINE PAGELS . author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics CARLO ROVELLI . Booker Prize-winning novelist IAN McEWAN . neuroscientist SAM HARRIS . philosopher DANIEL C. DENNETT . MIT theorist SHERRY TURKLE . decoder of the human genome J. CRAIG VENTER . The Coddling of the American Mind author JONATHAN HAIDT . Nobel Prize-winning physicist FRANK WILCZEK . UC Berkeley psychologist ALISON GOPNICK . philosopher REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN . New York Times columnist CARL ZIMMER . MIT cosmologist MAX TEGMARK . Whole Earth founder STEWART BRAND . "Marginal Revolution" economist TYLER COWEN . Anatomy of Love author HELEN FISHER . Noble Prize-winning NASA physicist JOHN C. MATHER . psychologist JUDITH RICH HARRIS . Princeton physicist FREEMAN DYSON . musician BRIAN ENO . environmental scientist JENNIFER JACQUET . Duke economist DAN ARIELY . Oxford philosopher A. C. GRAYLING . Harvard cosmologist LISA RANDALL . anthropologist MARY CATHERINE BATESON . Emotional Intelligence author DANIEL GOLEMAN . Harvard genticist GEORGE CHURCH . Blueprint author NICHOLAS A. CHRISTAKIS . Stanford political scientist MARGARET LEVI . economist ALAN S. BLINDER . publisher TIM O'REILLY . theoretical cosmologist JANNA LEVIN . Serpentine Gallery owner HANS ULRICH OBRIST . Wired founding editor KEVIN KELLY . Cambridge astrophysicist MARTIN REES, and more than 200 others.

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