Culture: Leading Scientists Explore Societies, Art, Power, And Technology

Author: John Brockman

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Price : 30.00 NZD
ISBN : 9780062023131
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint : HarperCollins Publishers
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Weight (g) : 0.231
Publication date : 01 July 2016
Dimensions : 203mm X 135mm X 17mm
Produced in : United States
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Availability date : 01 August 2016
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Author : John Brockman
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"Theway Brockman interlaces essays about research on the frontiers of science withones on artistic vision, education, psychology and economics is sure to buzzany brain." -Chicago Sun-Times, on This Will Change Everything Launchinga hard-hitting new series from Edge.org and Harper Perennial, editor JohnBrockman delivers this cutting-edge master class covering everything you needto know about Culture. With original contributions by the world'sleading thinkers and scientists, including Jared Diamond, Daniel C. Dennett,Brian Eno, Jaron Lanier,Nicholas Christakis, and others, Culture offers a mind-expanding primeron a fundamental topic. Unparalleled in scope, depth, insight and quality, Edge.org's Culture is not to be missed.

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The publisher of the online science salon Edge.org, John Brockman is the editor of the national bestsellers This Idea Must Die, This Explains Everything, This Will Make You Smarter, and other volumes.

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