What is Your Dangerous Idea? by John Brockman

What is Your Dangerous Idea? by John Brockman

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The follow-up to the acclaimed WHAT WE BELIEVE BUT CANNOT PROVE, a collection of thought-experiments by some of the most eminent thinkers and scientists alive, including Richard Dawkins, Jared Diamond and Steven Pinker.

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What is Your Dangerous Idea? by John Brockman

The history of science is replete with ideas that were considered socially, morally or emotionally dangerous in their time. The Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are obvious examples -- radical, brilliant insights that did not so much push the envelope as rip it into shreds. These ideas were dangerous because they challenged our comfort zone. But what are the dangerous ideas of the twenty-first century? Which theories do the world's leading thinkers and scientists regard as too hot to handle -- not because the idea might be false, but because it might turn out to be true? Collecting together the very best contributions to the renowned Edge.org question from the most eminent respondents, WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA? is another endlessly fascinating and provocative insight into the bleeding-edge of intellectual endeavour.
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ISBN 13 9780743295536
ISBN 10 0743295536
Title What is Your Dangerous Idea?
Author John Brockman
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Binding Type Other book format
Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
Year published 2006-11-06
Number of pages 288
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