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008 | 180115s2018 nyu e 000 0 eng d | ||
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019 | _a000061463681 | ||
020 | _a9780062698216 (paperback) | ||
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_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] |
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264 | 4 | _c©2018. | |
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_axxxvi, 515 pages ; _c21 cm. |
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_atext _btxt _2rdacontent. |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia. |
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_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier. |
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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? | ||
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_aScience _vMiscellanea. _920583 |
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700 | 1 |
_aBrockman, John, _d1941- _eeditor. _93075 |
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700 | 1 |
_aMilner, Yuri. _tLongevity factor. _993061 |
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700 | 1 |
_aWaytz, Adam. _tillusion of explanatory depth. _993062 |
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700 | 1 |
_aRowan, David. _tSynaptic transfer. _993063 |
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700 | 1 |
_aDawkins, Richard, _d1941- _tGenetic book of the dead. _993064 |
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700 | 1 |
_aFitch, W. Tecumseh. _tExaptation. _993065 |
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700 | 1 |
_aLloyd, Seth, _d1960- _tVirial theorem. _993066 |
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700 | 1 |
_aPinker, Steven, _d1954- _tSecond law of thermodynamics. _993067 |
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700 | 1 |
_aLisi, Antony Garrett. _tEmergence. _993068 |
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700 | 1 |
_aLosos, Jonathan B. _tNatural selection. _993069 |
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700 | 1 |
_aChurch, George M. _q(George McDonald). _tDNA. _993070 |
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