This idea is brilliant Lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should know

Book - 2018

Presents essays responding to a question about what scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known, written by such authors as Jared Diamond, Richard Thaler, Richard Dawkins, Lisa Randall, Steven Pinker, and Carlo Rovelli.

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Published
New York : Harper Perennial [2018]
Language
English
Other Authors
Yuri Milner (-), Adam Waytz, David Rowan, Richard Dawkins, 1941-, W. Tecumseh Fitch, Seth Lloyd, 1960-, Steven Pinker, 1954-, Antony Garrett Lisi, Jonathan B. Losos, George M. (George McDonald) Church
Edition
First edition
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
xxvi, 515 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780062698216
  • Longevity factor / Yuri Milner
  • Illusion of explanatory depth / Adam Waytz
  • Synaptic transfer / David Rowan
  • Genetic book of the dead / Richard Dawkins
  • Exaptation / W. Tecumseh Fitch
  • Virial theorem / Seth Lloyd
  • Second law of thermodynamics / Steven Pinker
  • Emergence / Antony Garrett Lisi
  • Natural selection / Jonathan B Losos
  • DNA / George M Church.