This idea is brilliant : lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should...
This idea is brilliant : lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should...
This idea is brilliant : lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should know / edited by John Brockman.
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Publisher
New York : Harper Perennial, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2018/0999
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
515 pages ; 21 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Harper Perennial, [2018]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Presents essays responding to a question about what scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known, written by such authors as Jared Diamond, Richard Thaler, Richard Dawkins, Lisa Randall, Steven Pinker, and Carlo Roveri.
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Full title
This idea is brilliant : lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should know / edited by John Brockman.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
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.
Notes
General note
Includes index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2018
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Call Numbers
G 2018/0999
Record Identifier
74VKVNrJr3EZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVNrJr3EZ
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ISBN
0062698214 paperback
9780062698216 paperback
DDC
500
MMS ID
991024160716202626
