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9780743295536: What is Your Dangerous Idea?: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable
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ISBN 10 : 0743295536 ISBN 13 : 9780743295536
Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

The history of science is replete with ideas that were considered socially, morally or emotionally dangerous in their time. The Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are obvious examples -- radical, brilliant insights that did not so much push the envelope as rip it into shreds. These ideas were dangerous because they challenged our comfort zone. But what are the dangerous ideas of the twenty-first century? Which theories do the world's leading thinkers and scientists regard as too hot to handle -- not because the idea might be false, but because it might turn out to be true? Collecting together the very best contributions to the renowned Edge.org question from the most eminent respondents, WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA? is another endlessly fascinating and provocative insight into the bleeding-edge of intellectual endeavour.

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The history of science is replete with ideas that were considered socially, morally or emotionally dangerous in their time. The Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are obvious examples -- radical, brilliant insights that did not so much push the envelope as rip it into shreds. These ideas were dangerous because they challenged our comfort zone.
But what are the dangerous ideas of the twenty-first century? Which theories do the world's leading thinkers and scientists regard as too hot to handle -- not because the idea might be false, but because it might turn out to be true?
Collecting together the very best contributions to the renowned Edge.org question from the most eminent respondents, WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA? is another endlessly fascinating and provocative insight into the bleeding-edge of intellectual endeavour.

Revue de presse

‘Makes us think twice about the most taboo subjects... A high-minded yet very accessible book that pleads the case for rational thought’
Big Issue 20/11

‘A brilliant book: exhilarating, hilarious and chilling’
Evening Standard 18/12

‘Provocative’
Independent 31/11

‘Each year [John Brockman’s website] Edge poses a question to the leading “thinkers in the empirical world”. In 2006 Steven Pinker suggested “What is your dangerous idea?”... There are more than 100 responses in this volume and they make fascinating and provocative reading’
Guardian 4/8

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Éditeur
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0743295536
ISBN 13 
9780743295536
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
288
Éditeur
Brockman John
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