Bookbot

The Last Unknowns

Deep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions About the Universe, the Mind, the Future of Civilization, and the Meaning of Life – Nobel Laureate Essays

Speichern

Mehr zum Buch

<p> <strong>Featuring a foreword by DANIEL KAHNEMAN, Nobel Prize-winning author of <em>Thinking, Fast and Slow</em></strong> </p><p></p><p><strong>THIS IS A LITTLE BOOK OF PROFOUND QUESTIONS</strong>—unknowns that address the secrets of our world, our civilization, the meaning of life. Here are the deepest riddles that have fascinated, obsessed, and haunted the greatest thinkers of our time, including Nobel laureates, cosmologists, philosophers, economists, prize-winning novelists, religious scholars, and more than 250 leading scientists, artists, and theorists. In <em>The Last Unknowns, </em>John Brockman asks innovative thinkers: "What is ‘The Last Question,’ <em>your </em>last question, the question for which you will be remembered?"</p><p>Featuring the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <em>Guns, Germs, and Steel</em> <strong>JARED DIAMOND</strong> • Nobel Prize-winning economist <strong>RICHARD THALER </strong>• Harvard psychologist <strong>STEVEN PINKER</strong> • religion scholar <strong>ELAINE PAGELS</strong> • author of <em>Seven Brief Lessons on Physics</em> <strong>CARLO ROVELLI</strong> • Booker Prize–winning novelist <strong>IAN McEWAN</strong> • neuroscientist<strong> SAM HARRIS</strong> • philosopher <strong>DANIEL C. DENNETT</strong> • MIT theorist <strong>SHERRY TURKLE</strong> • decoder of the human genome <strong>J. CRAIG VENTER</strong> • Nobel Prize-winning physicist <strong>FRANK WILCZEK</strong> • <em>New York Times</em> columnist <strong>CARL ZIMMER</strong> • <em>Whole Earth </em>founder <strong>STEWART BRAND</strong> • economist <strong>TYLER COWEN</strong> • <em>Wired </em>founding editor <strong>KEVIN KELLY</strong> • Princeton physicist <strong>FREEMAN DYSON</strong> • musician <strong>BRIAN ENO</strong> • Duke economist <strong>DAN ARIELY </strong>• Harvard cosmologist <strong>LISA RANDALL</strong>, and more than 200 others.</p>

Buchkauf

The Last Unknowns, John Brockman, Daniel Kahneman

Sprache
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Einband
(Paperback),
Buchzustand
Gebraucht - Gut
Preis
4,49 €inkl. MwSt.

Lieferung

  • Gratis Versand ab 14,99 € in ganz Deutschland! Mehr Infos.

Zahlungsmethoden

Keiner hat bisher bewertet.Abgeben

Titel
The Last Unknowns
Untertitel
Deep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions About the Universe, the Mind, the Future of Civilization, and the Meaning of Life – Nobel Laureate Essays
Sprache
Englisch
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Einband
Paperback
Seitenzahl
352
ISBN10
0062897942
ISBN13
9780062897947
Reihe
Beschreibung
<p> <strong>Featuring a foreword by DANIEL KAHNEMAN, Nobel Prize-winning author of <em>Thinking, Fast and Slow</em></strong> </p><p></p><p><strong>THIS IS A LITTLE BOOK OF PROFOUND QUESTIONS</strong>—unknowns that address the secrets of our world, our civilization, the meaning of life. Here are the deepest riddles that have fascinated, obsessed, and haunted the greatest thinkers of our time, including Nobel laureates, cosmologists, philosophers, economists, prize-winning novelists, religious scholars, and more than 250 leading scientists, artists, and theorists. In <em>The Last Unknowns, </em>John Brockman asks innovative thinkers: "What is ‘The Last Question,’ <em>your </em>last question, the question for which you will be remembered?"</p><p>Featuring the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <em>Guns, Germs, and Steel</em> <strong>JARED DIAMOND</strong> • Nobel Prize-winning economist <strong>RICHARD THALER </strong>• Harvard psychologist <strong>STEVEN PINKER</strong> • religion scholar <strong>ELAINE PAGELS</strong> • author of <em>Seven Brief Lessons on Physics</em> <strong>CARLO ROVELLI</strong> • Booker Prize–winning novelist <strong>IAN McEWAN</strong> • neuroscientist<strong> SAM HARRIS</strong> • philosopher <strong>DANIEL C. DENNETT</strong> • MIT theorist <strong>SHERRY TURKLE</strong> • decoder of the human genome <strong>J. CRAIG VENTER</strong> • Nobel Prize-winning physicist <strong>FRANK WILCZEK</strong> • <em>New York Times</em> columnist <strong>CARL ZIMMER</strong> • <em>Whole Earth </em>founder <strong>STEWART BRAND</strong> • economist <strong>TYLER COWEN</strong> • <em>Wired </em>founding editor <strong>KEVIN KELLY</strong> • Princeton physicist <strong>FREEMAN DYSON</strong> • musician <strong>BRIAN ENO</strong> • Duke economist <strong>DAN ARIELY </strong>• Harvard cosmologist <strong>LISA RANDALL</strong>, and more than 200 others.</p>