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Edge Question This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking, (Paperback)

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Thought-Provoking Collection: This paperback features a collection of new scientific concepts designed to enhance thinking, compiled from influential thinkers by John Brockman of Edge.org.
Diverse Expertise: The book draws insights from various fields including psychology, philosophy, economics, physics, and sociology, offering a broad spectrum of ideas.
Renowned Contributors: It includes contributions from notable figures such as Daniel Kahneman, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, and Daniel Goleman, among others.
Cognitive Enhancement: The content aims to expand the reader's cognitive toolkit and revolutionize their understanding of themselves and the world.
Publication Details: Published on February 14, 2012, by Harper Perennial, this edition is a paperback with 448 pages.
Accessible Ideas: Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, the book presents brilliant yet accessible ideas suitable for a wide audience.

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Featuring a foreword by David
Brooks, This
Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant--but accessible--ideas
to expand every mind.

What
scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit? This
is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world's most
influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of
psychology, philosophy, economics, physics, sociology, and more. Surprising and
enlightening, these insights will revolutionize the way you think about
yourself and the world.

Contributors include:

Daniel Kahneman on the "focusing
illusion"
Jonah Lehrer on controlling
attention
Richard Dawkins on
experimentation
Aubrey De Grey on conquering our
fear of the unknown
Martin Seligman on the
ingredients of well-being
Nicholas Carr on managing
"cognitive load"
Steven Pinker on win-win
negotiating
Daniel Goleman on understanding
our connection to the natural world
Matt Ridley on tapping collective
intelligence
Lisa Randall on effective theorizing
Brian Eno on "ecological vision"
J. Craig Venter on the multiple
possible origins of life
Helen Fisher on temperament
Sam Harris on the flow of thought
Lawrence Krauss on living with
uncertainty

Edge Question This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking, (Paperback)
Author: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780062109392
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2012-02-14
Page Count: 448

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Publication date

February, 2012

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