This idea is brilliant : lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should know / edited by John Brockman.
Contributor(s): Brockman, John [editor.].
Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Perennial, ©2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First edition.Description: 515 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780062698216.Contained works: Milner, Yuri. Longevity factor | Waytz, Adam. Illusion of explanatory depth | Rowan, David. Synaptic transfer | Dawkins, Richard, 1941- Genetic book of the dead | Fitch, W. Tecumseh. Exaptation | Lloyd, Seth, 1960- Virial theorem | Pinker, Steven, 1954- Second law of thermodynamics | Lisi, Antony Garrett. Emergence | Losos, Jonathan B. Natural selection | Church, George M. DNA.Subject(s): Science -- Miscellanea | SCIENCE -- Essays | SCIENCE -- Life Sciences | ScienceGenre/Form: Miscellanea. | Trivia and miscellanea. | Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | Q173 .T538 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000013850 |
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Includes index.
Longevity factor / Yuri Milner -- Illusion of explanatory depth / Adam Waytz -- Synaptic transfer / David Rowan -- Genetic book of the dead / Richard Dawkins -- Exaptation / W. Tecumseh Fitch -- Virial theorem / Seth Lloyd -- Second law of thermodynamics / Steven Pinker -- Emergence / Antony Garrett Lisi -- Natural selection / Jonathan B Losos -- DNA / George M Church.
Presents essays responding to a question about what scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known, written by such authors as Jared Diamond, Richard Thaler, Richard Dawkins, Lisa Randall, Steven Pinker, and Carlo Rovelli.