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The latest volume in the bestselling series from Edge.org—dubbed “the world’s smartest website” by *The Guardian*—brings together 175 of the world’s most innovative and brilliant thinkers to discuss recent scientific breakthroughs that will shape the future.Scientific developments radically alter our understanding of the world. Whether it’s technology, climate change, health research, or the latest revelations of neuroscience, physics, or psychology, science has, as Edge editor John Brockman says, “become a big story, if not *the* big story.” In that spirit, this new addition to Edge.org’s fascinating series asks a powerful and provocative question: *What do you consider the most interesting and important recent scientific news? *Contributors include: Pulitzer Prize-winning author of *Guns, Germs, and Steel* JARED DIAMOND on the best way to understand complex problems; author of *Seven Brief Lesson on Physics* CARLO ROVELLI on the mystery of black holes; Harvard psychologist STEVEN PINKER on the quantification of human progress; TED conferences curator CHRIS J. ANDERSON on the growth of the global brain; Harvard physicist LISA RANDALL on the true measure of breakthrough discoveries

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Author

Brockman, John

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062562074

Category

science

Subjects

Science, Stem

Rating

3.64 / 5 (122 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14