John Brockman: 31 books
by John Brockman
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
A radical, experimental work that challenges the boundaries of poetry, philosophy, and science. First published in 1969, this new and expanded edition of John Brockman’s first book, By The Late John Brockman, also includes the full text of 37 (1971), and Afterwords (1973).
This edition features...
This Will Change Everything
Ideas That Will Shape the Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
“This Will Change Everything offers seemingly radical but actually feasible ideas with the potential to change the world.”—Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
Editor John Brockman continues in the same vein as his popular compilations What Are You Optimistic...
The Mind
Leading Scientists Explore the Brain, Memory, Personality, and Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
"Theway Brockman interlaces essays about research on the frontiers of science withones on artistic vision, education, psychology and economics is sure to buzzany brain." —Chicago Sun-Times on This WillChange Everything
Markingthe debut of a hard-hitting new series from Edge.org...
This Idea Is Brilliant
Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
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, publisher of the acclaimed science salon Edge.org (“The world’s smartest website”—The Guardian),...
Know This
Today's Most Interesting and Important Scientific Ideas, Discoveries, and Developments
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
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 -- whether it's advances in technology and medical research or the latest revelations of neuroscience,...
The Last Unknowns
Deep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions About the Universe, the Mind, the Future of Civilization, and the Meaning of Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
Discover the universe's last unknowns—here are the unanswered questions that obsess "the world's finest minds" (The Guardian)
Featuring a foreword by DANIEL KAHNEMAN, Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow
This is a little book of profound questions (only questions!)—unknowns...
This Will Make You Smarter
150 New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Edge.org presents brilliant, accessible, cutting-edge ideas to improve our decision-making skills and improve our cognitive toolkits, with contributions by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Richard Dawkins, Brian Eno, Steven Pinker, and more. Featuring a foreword by New York Times columnist David Brooks and...
What Should We Be Worried About?
Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Drawing from the horizons of science, today's leading thinkers reveal the hidden threats nobody is talking about—and expose the false fears everyone else is distracted by.
What should we be worried about? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest...
Thinking
The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction in Life and Markets
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
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-making, intuition, morality, willpower, problem-solving, prediction, forecasting, unconscious...
Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?
The Net's Impact on Our Minds and Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
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, publisher of Edge.org, posed to more than 150 of the world's most influential minds. Brilliant, farsighted,...
This Explains Everything
150 Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
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 the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"—The...
This Idea Must Die
Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
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”...
What Are You Optimistic About?
Today's Leading Thinkers on Why Things Are Good and Getting Better
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
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 (www.edge.org), the influential online salon, recently asked more than 150 high-powered scientific...
The Universe
Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
John Brockman brings together the world's best-known physicists and science writers—including Brian Greene, Walter Isaacson, Nobel Prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Martin Rees—to explain the universe in all wondrous splendor.
In The Universe, today's most influential science...