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Title:
This idea is brilliant : lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should know / edited by John Brockman.
Author:
Brockman, John, 1941- editor.

Milner, Yuri. Longevity factor.

Waytz, Adam. Illusion of explanatory depth.

Rowan, David. Synaptic transfer.

Dawkins, Richard, 1941- Genetic book of the dead.

Fitch, W. Tecumseh. Exaptation.

Lloyd, Seth, 1960- Virial theorem.

Pinker, Steven, 1954- Second law of thermodynamics.

Lisi, Antony Garrett. Emergence.

Losos, Jonathan B. Natural selection.

Church, George M. (George McDonald). DNA.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Harper Perennial, [2018]

©2018
Call Number:
Q173 .T538 2018
Abstract:
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.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780062698216
Physical Description:
xxvi, 515 pages ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
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.
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