What We Believe but Cannot Prove: Today’s Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty by John BrockmanRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 0.93MBOverview: More than one hundred of the world’s leading thinkers write about things they believe in, despite the absence of concrete proof Scientific theory, more often than not, is born of bold assumption, […]
This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works by John BrockmanRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 2.6mbOverview: In This Explains Everything, John Brockman, founder and publisher of Edge.org, asked experts in numerous fields and disciplines to come up with their favorite explanations for everyday occurrences. Why do we recognize patterns? Is there […]
Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI by John BrockmanRequirements: .MP3 reader, 292.7 MBOverview: Science-world luminary John Brockman assembles 25 of the most important scientific minds, people who have been thinking about the field of artificial intelligence for most of their careers, for an unparalleled roundtable examination about mind, thinking, intelligence, and what it […]
This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking by John BrockmanRequirements: .MP3 reader, 208.6 MBOverview: brilliant, accessible, cutting-edge ideas to improve our decision-making skills and improve our cognitive toolkits, with contributions by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Richard Dawkins, Brian Eno, Steven Pinker, and more. Featuring a foreword by New York Times columnist […]
What Are You Optimistic About?: Today’s Leading Thinkers on Why Things Are Good and Getting Better by John BrockmanRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 1.7 MbOverview: : The nightly news and conventional wisdom tell us that things are bad and getting worse. Yet despite dire predictions, scientists see many good things on the horizon. John Brockman, publisher […]