This Explains Everything

Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works

John Brockman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

432 Seiten

2016
HarperPerennial (Verlag)
978-0-06-223017-1 (ISBN)

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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 such a thing as positive stress? Are we genetically programmed to be in conflict with each other? Those are just some of the 150 questions that the world's best scientific minds answer with elegant simplicity. With contributions from Jared Diamond, Richard Dawkins, Nassim Taleb, Brian Eno, Steven Pinker, and more, everything is explained in fun, uncomplicated terms that make the most complex concepts easy to comprehend.

The publisher of the online science salon Edge.org, John Brockman is the editor of Know This, This Idea Must Die, This Explains Everything, This Will Make You Smarter, and other volumes.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.5.2016
Reihe/Serie	Edge Question Series
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 203 mm
Gewicht	322 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Technik
ISBN-10	0-06-223017-4 / 0062230174
ISBN-13	978-0-06-223017-1 / 9780062230171
Zustand	Neuware