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John Brockman has written 41 work(s)
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.
Hardcover:
9780375423451 | Pantheon Books, July 25, 2006, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Essays marking the centennial of Einstein's special theory of relativity include contributions from Leonard Susskind, Janna Levin, Lee Smolin, and others on such topics as the Einstein myth and his influence on modern physics.
Paperback:
9781400079506 | 1 reprint edition (Vintage Books, August 14, 2007), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: 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.
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.
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9780307277220 | Vintage Books, May 9, 2006, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Explores the theory of Creationism and the implications of evolution in a collection of essays that includes contributions by such scientists as psychologist Steven Pinker, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, and genomic researcher J.
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.
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9780060841812 | Perennial, March 1, 2006, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: In a series of essays, more than one hundred of the world's leading thinkers--including Daniel Dennett, Steven Pinker, Richard Dawkins, Jared Diamond, and Freeman Dyson--reveal what they believe despite a current lack of supporting evidence about such topics as the future of humankind, the fate of the universe, and extraterrestrial life.
Product Description: A brilliant ensemble of the worldâs 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
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9780753817100, titled "The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty First Century" | New edition (Orion Pub Co, November 6, 2003), cover price $15.85 | About this edition: A look at what science might, and might not, be able to do for us in the first half of the 21st century.
9780375713422 | Vintage Books, May 1, 2002, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Collects twenty-five essays by top visionary scientists on the advances that may be anticipated in the next half century, making predictions about what such accomplishments will mean to everyday society and human beliefs about life and its origins.
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9781435296701 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, October 1, 2008), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: A brilliant ensemble of the worldâs 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.
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9780760745298 | Barnes & Noble, September 1, 2003, cover price $19.95
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 cientÃficos por otro-. Aunque confiara en que surgirÃa una «tercera cultura» capaz de tender un puente entre unos y otros, sólo recientemente, tras la masiva acogida de ...read more
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9788472239548 | Tusquets Editor, January 1, 2002, cover price $37.50 | About this edition: Hace treinta y cinco años, C.
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.
Hardcover:
9780756764531 | Diane Pub Co, January 1, 2000, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: 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.
9780684859989, titled "The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2,000 Years" | Simon & Schuster, January 1, 2000, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: 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
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9780688133566 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1995, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Essays discuss science, the origin of the universe, evolution, the mind, communication, symmetry, and the future of the human species
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9780688149512 | Quill, December 1, 1996, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Essays discuss science, the origin of the universe, evolution, the mind, communication, symmetry, and the future of the human species
Offers profiles of influential individuals involved in the shaping of the internet, telecommunications, and multimedia, and shares their views on the future
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9781888869040 | Hardwired, October 1, 1996, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Offers profiles of influential individuals involved in the shaping of the internet, telecommunications, and multimedia, and shares their views on the future
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.
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Hardcover:
9780684803593 | Simon & Schuster, May 1, 1995, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: 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.
Paperback:
9780684823447 | Touchstone Books, May 7, 1996, cover price $26.95
Hardcover:
9780025163911 | Simon & Schuster, May 1, 1995, cover price $24.95 | also contains Kalila Wa Dimna: An Animal Allegory of the Mongol Court : The Istanbul University Album
9780025163911 | Simon & Schuster, May 1, 1995, cover price $24.95 | also contains Kalila Wa Dimna: An Animal Allegory of the Mongol Court : The Istanbul University Album
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
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9780671789268 | Touchstone Books, April 1, 1993, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Leading scientists, educators, and other intellectuals explore the most mysterious of human capabilities.
Essays discuss literacy, elitism, failure, the media, time, linguistics, education of the future, memory, fiction, and history
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9780135172360 | Simon & Schuster, January 1, 1991, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Essays discuss literacy, elitism, failure, the media, time, linguistics, education of the future, memory, fiction, and history
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9780137950973 | Reprint edition (Prentice Hall Direct, January 1, 1991), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Thirteen essays deal with topics in the applied and theoretical sciences, by such authors as Kevin Kelly, Dorion Sagan, Lynn Margolis, and others
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9780138262150 | Prentice Hall Direct, August 1, 1990, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: A collection of speculative essays on the human mind covers such issues as intelligence, consciousness, creativity, and the beginning and ending of life
Hardcover:
9780670804801 | Viking Pr, February 1, 1986, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A comprehensive, thought-provoking survey of new scientific theories and technologies and a dramatic portrait of the new universe that modern science is creating
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