John (Hrsg.) Brockman

What We Believe but Cannot Prove

Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty

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What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it? This book brings together the best answers from very eminent contributors. Here is Ian McEwan on the absence of an afterlife; Richard Dawkins on the relationship between design and evolution; and Jared Diamond on when humans first reached the Americas. Other contributions span the whole range of scientific endeavour and human experience, from the future of computing to the origins of intelligence; from insights into childhood behaviour to cutting-edge cosmology. Thought-provoking and compelling, this collection is both a fascinating insight into the instinctive beliefs of some of th… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4165-2261-4
EAN: 9781416522614
Produktnummer: 2274076
Verlag: Simon & Schuster
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Masse: H19.9 cm x B12.9 cm x D2.0 cm 308 g
Gewicht: 308
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

John Brockman is a writer, agent and publisher of the 'Third Culture' website www.edge.org, the forum for leading scientists and thinkers to share their research with the general public. He is the author of THE THIRD CULTURE and the editor of several anthologies including WHAT WE BELIEVE BUT CANNOT PROVE and WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA?. He lives in New York.