This explains everything : deep, beautiful, and elegant theories of how the world works
2013
Book
"Drawn from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, This Explains Everything presents 150 of the most deep, surprising, and brilliant explanations of how the world works, with contributions by Jared Diamond, Richard Dawkins, Nassim Taleb, Brian Eno, Steven Pinker, and more"--"Drawn from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, This Explains Everything presents 150 of the most deep, surprising, and brilliant explanations of how the world works, with contributions by Jared Diamond, Richard Dawkins, Nassim Taleb, Brian Eno, Steven Pinker, and more"--Provided by publisher.Presents responses from 150 of the world's brightest and most influential minds when asked to reveal their favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation of how the human mind, society, and the universe work.
Main title:
This explains everything : deep, beautiful, and elegant theories of how the world works / edited by John Brockman.
Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
New York : Harper Perennial, 2013.New York : Harper Perennial, c2013.
Collation:
xx, 411 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Shelving notes:
29076 0000161444 1 11-08-2013 99 nyctro 13-08-2013 7
Contents:
Partial contents: Machine generated contents note: Evolution by Means of Natural Selection / Susan Blackmore -- Life Is a Digital Code / Matt Ridley -- Redundancy Reduction and Pattern Recognition / Richard Dawkins -- The Power of Absurdity / Scott Atran -- How Apparent Finality Can Emerge / Carlo Rovelli -- The Overdue Demise of Monogamy / Aubrey De Grey -- Boltzmann's Explanation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics / Leonard Susskind -- The Dark Matter of the Mind / Joel Gold -- "There Are More Things in Heaven and Earth... Than Are Dreamt of in Your Philosophy." / Alan Alda -- An Unresolved (and Therefore Unbeautiful) Reaction to the Edge Question / Rebecca Newberger Goldstein -- Ptolemy's Universe / James J. O'Donnell -- Quasi-Elegance / Paul Steinhardt -- Mathematical Object or Natural Object? / Shing-Tung Yau -- Simplicity / Frank Wilczek -- Simplicity Itself / Thomas Metzinger -- Einstein Explains Why Gravity Is Universal / Sean Carroll.
ISBN:
9780062230171 (paperback)0062230174 (paperback)9780062230171 (pbk)0062230174 (pbk)
Dewey class:
500
LC class:
Q173
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
28972
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Library at the Dock | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 500 THIS | Available |