Record Number |
779269 |
ISBN |
9780062698216 (paperback) |
Title |
This idea is brilliant : lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should know / edited by John Brockman. |
Edition |
First edition. |
Publisher/Date |
New York : Harper Perennial, [2018] |
©2018 |
Pagination etc. |
xxxvi, 515 pages ; 21 cm. |
Contents note |
Incudes index. |
Summary Note |
The latest volume in the bestselling series from Edge.org-dubbed "the world's smartest website" by The Guardian-brings together 206 of the world's most innovative thinkers to discuss the scientific concepts that everyone should know. As science informs public policy, decision making, and so many aspects of our everyday lives, a scientifically literate society is crucial. In that spirit, Edge.org publisher and author of Know This, John Brockman, asks 206 of the world's most brilliant minds the 2017 Edge Question: What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known? |
Subject |
Science -- Miscellanea |
Added Author |
Brockman, John, 1941- editor. |
Milner, Yuri Longevity factor. |
Waytz, Adam illusion of explanatory depth. |
Rowan, David Synaptic transfer. |
Dawkins, Richard, 1941- Genetic book of the dead. |
Fitch, W. Tecumseh Exaptation. |
Lloyd, Seth, 1960- Virial theorem. |
Pinker, Steven, 1954- Second law of thermodynamics. |
Lisi, Antony Garrett Emergence. |
Losos, Jonathan B. Natural selection. |
Church, George M. (George McDonald) DNA. |
Shelf Location |
500 THIS |