What Have You Changed Your Mind About? - (Edge Question) by John Brockman (Paperback)

Name: What Have You Changed Your Mind About? - (Edge Question) by John Brockman (Paperback)
Brand: Harper Perennial
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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?
Author(s): John Brockman
416 Pages
Science, Essays
Series Name: Edge Question

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About the Book

Edge, the influential online group, recently asked high-powered thinkers to discuss the question that gives this book its title. More than 100 contributors have responded with some of the most insightful, humbling, fascinating confessions and anecdotes ("San Francisco Chronicle").

Book Synopsis

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, sometimes shocking, and certain to kick-start countless passionate debates.

Steven Pinker on the future of human evolution - Richard Dawkins on the mysteries of courtship - SAM HARRIS on the indifference of Mother Nature - Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the irrelevance of probability - Chris Anderson on the reality of global warming - Alan Alda on the existence of God - Ray Kurzweil on the possibility of extraterrestrial life - Brian Eno on what it means to be a "revolutionary" - Helen Fisher on love, fidelity, and the viability of marriage - Irene Pepperberg on learning from parrots . . . and many others.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inches (W) x 1.4 Inches (D)

Weight: .85 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 416

Genre: Science

Sub-Genre: Essays

Series Title: Edge Question

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Format: Paperback

Author: John Brockman

Language: English

Street Date: May 20, 2014

TCIN: 88104866

UPC: 9780061686542

Item Number (DPCI): 247-14-4019

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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