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020 _a9780062698216 (paperback)
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099 _a500
_bTHI
245 0 0 _aThis idea is brilliant :
_blost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should know /
_cedited by John Brockman.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bHarper Perennial,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2018.
300 _axxxvi, 515 pages ;
_c21 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
500 _aIncudes index.
520 _aThe latest volume in the bestselling series from Edge.org-dubbed "the world's smartest website" by The Guardian-brings together 206 of the world's most innovative thinkers to discuss the scientific concepts that everyone should know. As science informs public policy, decision making, and so many aspects of our everyday lives, a scientifically literate society is crucial. In that spirit, Edge.org publisher and author of Know This, John Brockman, asks 206 of the world's most brilliant minds the 2017 Edge Question: What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known?
650 0 _aScience
_vMiscellanea.
_920583
700 1 _aBrockman, John,
_d1941-
_eeditor.
_93075
700 1 _aMilner, Yuri.
_tLongevity factor.
_993061
700 1 _aWaytz, Adam.
_tillusion of explanatory depth.
_993062
700 1 _aRowan, David.
_tSynaptic transfer.
_993063
700 1 _aDawkins, Richard,
_d1941-
_tGenetic book of the dead.
_993064
700 1 _aFitch, W. Tecumseh.
_tExaptation.
_993065
700 1 _aLloyd, Seth,
_d1960-
_tVirial theorem.
_993066
700 1 _aPinker, Steven,
_d1954-
_tSecond law of thermodynamics.
_993067
700 1 _aLisi, Antony Garrett.
_tEmergence.
_993068
700 1 _aLosos, Jonathan B.
_tNatural selection.
_993069
700 1 _aChurch, George M.
_q(George McDonald).
_tDNA.
_993070
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_p$20.39
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