This idea is brilliant : lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should know / edited by John Brockman.
Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Perennial, ©2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: 515 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062698216
- 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
- Q173 .T538 2018
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| Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Alfaisal University On Shelf | Alfaisal University On Shelf | Q173 .T538 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | AU00000000013850 |
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.