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In this riveting medical detective story, Trent Stephens and Rock Brynner recount the history of thalidomide, from the epidemic of birth defects in the 1960's to the present day, as scientists work ……続きを見る

Over 150 of the world's leading scientists and thinkers offer their choice of the ideas, strategies and arguments that will help all of us understand our world, and its future, better. Includes cont……続きを見る

Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliantーbut accessibleーideas to expand every mind. What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit? ……続きを見る

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 ……続きを見る

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 recons……続きを見る

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 ……続きを見る

The world's leading scientific thinkers explore bold, remarkable, perilous ideas that could change our livesーfor better . . . or for worse . . . From Copernicus to Darwin, to current-day thinkers, ……続きを見る

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-……続きを見る

Weighing in from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, today’s most forward-thinking minds explore the rise of “machines that think.” Stephen Hawking recently made headlines by noting, “The develop……続きを見る

The newest addition to John Brockman’s Edge.org series explores life itself, bringing together the world’s leading biologists, geneticists, and evolutionary theoristsーincluding Richard Dawkins, Edw……続きを見る

In che cosa credi, anche se non puoi provarlo? A questa domanda lanciata sul sito di Edge. frequentatissimo forum americano, hanno risposto alcune delle più autorevoli voci contemporanee - oltre cen……続きを見る

Tutti conosciamo Einstein, o almeno pensiamo di conoscerlo: il genio incompreso nascosto nell’oscuro ufficio brevetti di Berna, il bizzarro vecchietto che scorrazza in bicicletta per i viali di Prin……続きを見る

'Required reading ... Brock Bastian expertly picks apart the fundamental idea that humans thrive when they approach pleasure and avoid pain, explaining why hardship sometimes yields richer lives tha……続きを見る

An updated edition of Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide's popular dyslexia book with a wealth of new material and improved dyslexic-friendly font. What if we viewed dyslexia as a learning and processing ……続きを見る

Dieser Sammelband präsentiert aktuelle methodische und theoretische Grundlagen sowie erste praktische Resultate für die Zukunftsaufgabe urbane Resilienz, die einen immer größeren Stellenwert für die……続きを見る

From man's first exploration of natural materials and their transformations to today's materials science, chemistry has always been the central discipline that underpins both the physical and biolog……続きを見る

From man's first exploration of natural materials and their transformations to today's materials science, chemistry has always been the central discipline that underpins both the physical and biolog……続きを見る

Will climate change force a massive human migration to the Northern Rim? How does our sense of morality arise from the structure of the brain? What does the latest research in language acquisition t……続きを見る

"Theway Brockman interlaces essays about research on the frontiers of science withones on artistic vision, education, psychology and economics is sure to buzzany brain." ーChicago Sun-Times*, on* Th……続きを見る

The nightly news and conventional wisdom tell us that things are bad and getting worse. Yet despite dire predictions, scientists see many good things on the horizon. John Brockman, publisher of Edge……続きを見る

More than one hundred of the world's leading thinkers write about things they believe in, despite the absence of concrete proof Scientific theory, more often than not, is born of bold assumption, di……続きを見る

"Theway Brockman interlaces essays about research on the frontiers of science withones on artistic vision, education, psychology and economics is sure to buzzany brain." ーChicago Sun-Times on This ……続きを見る

John Brockman brings together the world's best-known physicists and science writersーincluding Brian Greene, Walter Isaacson, Nobel Prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Martin Reesーto……続きを見る

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, ……続きを見る

Drawing from the horizons of science, today's leading thinkers reveal the hidden threats nobody is talking aboutーand expose the false fears everyone else is distracted by. What should we be worried……続きを見る

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 ……続きを見る

Sono giovani e intelligenti. Intelligentissimi. Sono scienziati. E si chiedono: ragazzi, che direzione vogliamo dare al futuro? Ma non si fermano qui, si pongono quelle domande che l'uomo si fa da s……続きを見る

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, publishe……続きを見る

Großreinemachen in der Wissenschaft: Die klügsten Köpfe der Welt zeigen, welche Ideen und Theorien sie für entbehrlich, überkommen oder schlicht für falsch halten. In der Welt der Wissenschaft werde……続きを見る

Lesen, was in den Köpfen der Genies steckt! John Brockman stellt in seinem legendären »Edge«-Forum führenden Wissenschaftlern der Welt die Frage, über welche Themen sie nachdenken, und meinen, dass ……続きを見る