This idea must die : scientific theories that are blocking progress / edited by John Brockman.
This idea must die : scientific theories that are blocking progress / edited by John Brockman.
This idea must die : scientific theories that are blocking progress / edited by John Brockman.
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New York, NY : Harper Perennial, [2015]
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G 2015/767
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English
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vii, 568 pages ; 21 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
The theory of everything / Geoffrey West -- Unification / Marcelo Gleiser -- Simplicity / A.C. Grayling -- The universe / Seth Lloyd -- IQ / Scott Atran -- Brain plasticity / Leo M. Chalupa -- Changing the brain / Howard Gardner -- "The rocket scientist" / Victoria Wyatt -- Indivi-duality / Nigel Go...
Large randomized controlled trials / Dean Ornish -- Multiple regression as a means of discovering causality / Richard Nisbett -- Mouse models / Azra Raza -- The somatic mutation theory of cancer / Paul Davies -- The linear no-threshold (LNT) radiation dose hypotheses / Stewart Brand -- Universal gr...
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder / David M. Buss -- Romantic love and addiction / Helen Fisher -- Emotion is peripheral / Brian Knutson -- Science can maximize our happiness / Paul Bloom -- Culture / Pascal Boyer -- Culture / Laura Betzig -- Learning and culture / John Tooby -- "Our" intutition...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Harper Perennial, [2015]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2015]
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Summary
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 scient...
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This idea must die : scientific theories that are blocking progress / edited by John Brockman.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-547) and index.
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G 2015/767
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74VKO8MJ0E7O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKO8MJ0E7O
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0062374346 (pbk.)
9780062374349 (pbk.) :
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500
MMS ID
991022591209702626
