John Brockman: 31 books
What to Think About Machines That Think
Today's Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
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 development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” Others,...
Wetenschappelijk onkruid
179 hardnekkige ideeën die vooruitgang blokkeren
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 30, 2015
De beste nieuwe inzichten kunnen pas ontstaan als we oude theorieën loslaten. Daarom vroeg John Brockman, oprichter van edge.org, aan een selectie van de meest invloedrijke denkers ter wereld: ‘Welk wetenschappelijk idee is rijp voor de prullenbak?’ Steven Pinker, Richard Dawkins, Ian McEwan,...
What We Believe but Cannot Prove
Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
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, disparate bits of unconnected evidence, and educated leaps of faith. Some of the most potent beliefs...
Life
The Leading Edge of Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Anthropology, and Environmental Science
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
The newest addition to John Brockman’s Edge.org series explores life itself, bringing together the world’s leading biologists, geneticists, and evolutionary theorists—including Richard Dawkins, Edward O. Wilson, J. Craig Venter, and Freeman Dyson.
Scientists’ understanding of life is...
Dit verklaart alles
156 denkers over de meest elegante inzichten aller tijden
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 11, 2013
`Als je het niet simpel kunt uitleggen, dan begrijp je het niet goed genoeg. Einstein wist als geen ander hoe wetenschap kan zijn. Wetenschap is op zijn mooist als ingewikkelde problemen op elegante wijze verklaard kunnen worden. De 156 verklaringen in dit boek zijn zo mooi dat je hart er sneller...
by John Brockman
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 22, 2016
De komst van kunstmatige intelligentie is al decennialang een bron van fascinatie en angst. Het is een rijke voedingsbodem voor vele boeken en films, en wetenschappers en ondernemers stoppen er veel tijd en geld in. Dankzij technologische ontwikkelingen van de afgelopen vijf jaar lijken de ‘denkende...
Worüber müssen wir nachdenken?
Was die führenden Köpfe unserer Zeit umtreibt
Language: German
Release Date: October 23, 2014
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 andere das dringend auch tun sollten. Entstanden ist ein kurzweiliges, unterhaltsames und inspirierendes...
Welche wissenschaftliche Idee ist reif für den Ruhestand?
Die führenden Köpfe unserer Zeit über die Ideen, die uns am Fortschritt hindern
Language: German
Release Date: January 21, 2016
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 werden Ideen und Theorien laufend überprüft, verfeinert und angepasst. Und doch gibt es eine Reihe...
Nachworte
Gedanken des Wegbereiters der Dritten Kultur. Mit einem Vorwort von Hans Ulrich Obrist
Language: German
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Das Buch des bekannten Visionärs und grandiosen Wissenschaftsaktivisten John BrockmanJohn Brockman, Literaturagent und Vermittler der "Dritten Kultur", hat eine bewegte Vergangenheit: Schon früh trifft er sich mit später weltberühmten Naturwissenschaftlern und Künstlern wie Daniel Kahnemann,...
by John Brockman
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Scrutare nel nostro futuro attraverso il dialogo tra scienza e cultura.Comunicheremo solo con il pensiero. Sostituiremo il nostro cervello con i chip di un computer. Abiteremo su altri pianeti e sconfiggeremo la morte grazie a corpi meccanici. Sposeremo finalmente robot fatti su misura. La nostra...
Culture
Leading Scientists Explore Civilizations, Art, Networks, Reputation, and the Online Revolution
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 Will Change Everything
Launchinga hard-hitting new series from Edge.org and Harper...
Curious Minds
How a Child Becomes a Scientist
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2004
What makes a child decide to become a scientist?
•For Robert Sapolsky–Stanford professor of biology–it was an argument with a rabbi over a passage in the Bible.
•Physicist Lee Smolin traces his inspiration to a volume of Einstein’s work, picked up as a diversion from heartbreak.
•Mihaly...
What Is Your Dangerous Idea?
Today’s Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The world's leading scientific thinkers explore bold, remarkable, perilous ideas that could change our lives—for better . . . or for worse . . .
From Copernicus to Darwin, to current-day thinkers, scientists have always promoted theories and unveiled discoveries that challenge everything...
What Have You Changed Your Mind About?
Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
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 reconsiderations: What have you changed your mind about? The answers are brilliant, eye-opening, fascinating,...