This Idea Must Die

Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress

John Brockman

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HarperCollins
23 March 2015

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science

Series: Edge Question Series

The bestselling editor of This Explains Everything brings together 175 of the world's most brilliant minds to tackle Edge.org's 2014 question: What scientific idea has become a relic blocking human progress?

Each year, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org - The world's smartest website (The Guardian) - challenges some of the world's greatest scientists, artists, and philosophers to answer a provocative question crucial to our time. In 2014 he asked 175 brilliant minds to ponder: What scientific idea needs to be put aside in order to make room for new ideas to advance? The answers are as surprising as they are illuminating.

Steven Pinker dismantles the working theory of human behavior; Richard Dawkins renounces essentialism; Sherry Turkle reevaluates our expectations of artificial intelligence; Geoffrey West challenges the concept of a Theory of Everything; Andrei Linde suggests that our universe and its laws may not be as unique as we think; Martin Rees explains why scientific understanding is a limitless goal; Nina Jablonski argues to rid ourselves of the concept of race; Alan Guth rethinks the origins of the universe; Hans Ulrich Obrist warns against glorifying unlimited economic growth and much more.

Profound, engaging, thoughtful, and groundbreaking, This Idea Must Die will change your perceptions and understanding of our world today... and tomorrow.

By: John Brockman
Imprint: HarperCollins
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9780062374349
ISBN 10: 0062374346
Series: Edge Question Series
Pages: 592
Publication Date: 23 March 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress

Physics, statistics, robotics, linguistics, medicine-all are zestfully scrutinized in this exuberant, mind-blowing gathering of innovative thinkers. --Booklist