This Will Make You Smarter This Will Make You Smarter
Edge Question Series

This Will Make You Smarter

150 New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking

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Publisher Description

Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant—but accessible—ideas to expand every mind.

What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world’s most influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics, physics, sociology, and more. 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

GENRE
Health & Well-Being
RELEASED
2012
14 February
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
448
Pages
PUBLISHER
Harper Perennial
SIZE
1.5
MB

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