by John Brockman · Harper Collins USA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780062698216
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«This Idea Is Brilliant» is the scientific essay book edited by John Brockman, published by Harper Collins USA in paperback (515 pages, in English).
A collection of essays in which more than two hundred thinkers answer which scientific concept should be better known. Jared Diamond, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and Carlo Rovelli explain concepts such as the genetic book of the dead, uncertainty or the Navier-Stokes equations, from the origin of the universe to everyday life.
The work, part of the Edge Question series from Edge.org, gathers the answers to the 2017 annual question and includes an index.
For readers of popular science who want to discover little-known concepts explained by great contemporary thinkers.
John Brockman is an American literary agent and author specializing in scientific literature. He established the Edge Foundation, an online magazine exploring scientific and intellectual ideas. Due to his close connections with Jeffrey Epstein, he has been dubbed Epstein's "intellectual enabler".
