This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking (Edge Question Series) by John Brockman


This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking (Edge Question Series)
Title : This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking (Edge Question Series)
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ISBN : 9780062109392
ISBN-10 : 978-0062109392
Language : English
Format Type : Kindle, Hardcover, Paperback
Number of Pages : 448 pages
Publication : Harper Perennial

Featuring a foreword by David Brooks,This Will Make You Smarterpresents brilliantbut accessibleideas to expand every mind. What scientific concept would improve everybodys cognitive toolkit?This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the worlds most influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics, physics, sociology, and. Surprising and enlightening, these insights will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the world.Contributors include:
Daniel Kahneman on the focusing illusion Jonah Lehrer on controlling attention Richard Dawkins on experimentation Aubrey De Grey on conquering our fear of the unknown Martin Seligman on the ingredients of well beingNicholas Carr on managing cognitive load Steven Pinker on win win negotiating Daniel Goleman on understanding our connection to the natural worldMatt Ridley on tapping collective intelligence Lisa Randall on effective theorizing Brian Eno on ecological vision J. Craig Venter on the multiple possible origins of life Helen Fisher on temperament Sam Harris on the flow of thought Lawrence Krauss on living with uncertainty

This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking (Edge Question Series) Reviews

  • Iveta Kazoka

    150 short essays. Some of them worthy of 10 stars, some only of 1. If you are willing to invest some time and effort in order to search for real jewels, then definitely read this book! The most useful ideas/concepts for me: 1) a keener awareness that for

  • Book Shark

    This Will Make You Smarter: 150 New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking by John Brockman "This Will Make You Smarter" is a thought provoking book of scientific essays brought to you by The Edge that provides readers with better tools to think about the

  • Robert Morris

    Many of those who purchase and then begin to read this book will learn, for the first time, about Edge.org, a website offering an abundance of resources. John Brockman is the Editor of This Will Make You Smarter (2012) and This Explains Everything (2013). He is also the

  • Bethany Wolf

    No idea where I placed this book but I do remember some good stories, tid bits in here.

  • B. Case

    This book formed the basis of a discussion group consisting of eight two hour sessions. Before each class, members had to read 50 pages (i.e., about 20 essays). During the class, we’d discuss each essay as well as the professional career of the person who wrote the essay.

  • Aaa

    "This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking" is a collection of micro essays by over 150 authors, primarily scientists. The book's title stresses two ideas: that the essays contain scientific concepts that can make you smarter and that

  • Smith's Rock

    The origin of this book is a simple one: The editor, John Brockman, tossed out the question "What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?" to over 150 contemporary thought leaders, and recorded the results. Brockman has worked for decades to bring

  • Susil Manchanayaka

    Hellos to you all I was hesitant to buy this book as I had no knowledge about what the book was about. Finally, I made a good decision. I am still reading the book, but I can say that the book is worth reading. Many ideas can be gleaned from the book. Topics are