A comprehensive, thought-provoking survey of new scientific theories and technologies and a dramatic portrait of the new universe that modern science is creating

A collection of speculative essays on the human mind covers such issues as intelligence, consciousness, creativity, and the beginning and ending of life

Thirteen essays deal with topics in the applied and theoretical sciences, by such authors as Kevin Kelly, Dorion Sagan, Lynn Margolis, and others

Essays discuss literacy, elitism, failure, the media, time, linguistics, education of the future, memory, fiction, and history

Product Description: Leading scientists, educators, and other intellectuals explore the most mysterious of human capabilities. In 10 pieces commissioned especially for this book, today's most innovative thinkers examine such topics as the role of creativity in scientific inquiry, the relationship between evolution and the mental process of creativity, and the aesthetic experience of creative work...read more

Essays discuss science, the origin of the universe, evolution, the mind, communication, symmetry, and the future of the human species

Providing an analysis of the intellectual culture of today that has science--not literature or philosophy--at its center, a guide to the latest scientific theories and research is also a provocative discussion of the predominance of science. 12,500 first printing. (view table of contents)

Offers profiles of influential individuals involved in the shaping of the internet, telecommunications, and multimedia, and shares their views on the future (view table of contents)

Product Description: Contributors from a variety of fields offer their views of the most important discoveries of the last two millennia--and some earlier ones that bore fruit more recently--including social and philosophical changes as well as scientific and technological inventions.

Product Description: Hace treinta y cinco años, C.P. Snow, en un célebre ensayo, escribió sobre la polarización de las «las dos culturas»-intelectuales de letras por un lado y científicos por otro-. Aunque confiara en que surgiría una «tercera cultura» capaz de tender un puente entre unos y otros, sólo recientemente, tras la masiva acogida de ...read more

Product Description: A brilliant ensemble of the world’s most visionary scientists provides twenty-five original never-before-published essays about the advances in science and technology that we may see within our lifetimes.Theoretical physicist and bestselling author Paul Davies examines the likelihood that by the year 2050 we will be able to establish a continuing human presence on Mars...read more

In a provocative series of essays, more than one hundred of the world's leading thinkers--including Daniel Dennett, Steven Pinker, Richard Dawkins, Jared Diamond, Freeman Dyson, Martin Rees, and others both in and outside the world of science--reveal what they believe despite a current lack of supporting evidence about such topics as the future of humankind, the fate of the universe, extraterrestrial life, and more. Original. 25,000 first printing.

Fifteen preeminent scientists and scholars explore the power and fact of evolution and the wonders of scientific study in a collection of essays that includes contributions by psychologist Steven Pinker, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, physicist Lisa Randall, philosopher Daniel C Dennett, genomic researcher J. Craig Venter, and others. Original. 30,000 first printing.

A thought-provoking compilation of essays marking the centennial of Einstein's theory of special relativity brings together papers by such contributors as Leonard Susskind, Janna Levin, Lee Smolin, Frank J. Tipler, and others on such topics as the Einstein myth, his influence on the world of modern-day physics, and his impact on their personal and professional lives. Reprint.

A collection of essays by some of the world's leading scientists describes ideas and advances that could have devastating repercussions in terms of both their use and philosophical implications, ranging from using medication to change personality to examining a universe in which we are completely alone. Original. 40,000 first printing.

In a provocative series of essays, 150 of the world's leading scientific thinkers--including Steven Pinker, Richard Dawkins, Jared Diamond, J. Craig Venter, and Freeman Dyson--share their hopeful visions for the future as they address such topics as the global spread of higher education, finding the genes that cause mental illness, and finding a cure for war. Original. 40,000 first printing.

Product Description: Some of the top scientists of today—the geographer Jared Diamond, the linguist Steven Pinker, the philosopher Daniel Dennett, Marvin Minsky, Lee Smolin, among others—discuss the unique contributions each is making to the development of modern thought...read more

Product Description: 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 thinkers to answer a vital question for our frequently pessimistic times: "What are you optimistic about?"Spanning a wide range of topics—from string theory to education, from population growth to medicine, and even from global warming to the end of world—What Are You Optimistic About? is an impressive array of what world-class minds (including Nobel Laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, New York Times bestselling authors, and Harvard professors, among others) have weighed in to offer carefully considered optimistic visions of tomorrow...read more