D. C. Dennett
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
The latest anthology of the finest nature and science writing is edited by the author of The Elegant Universe and features an eclectic array of works by notable authors--including John Horgan, Daniel Dennett, Dennis Overbye, and others--on everything from the mysteries of genetics to the latest advances in human intelligence.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Drawing from the horizons of science, today's leading thinkers reveal the hidden threats nobody is talking about-and expose the false fears everyone else is distracted by. What should we be worried about? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"-The Guardian), posed to the planet's most influential minds. He asked them to disclose something that, for scientific reasons, worries them-particularly scenarios...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"At the dawn of the new atheist movement, the thinkers who became known as "the four horsemen," the heralds of religion's unravelling--Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett--sat down over cocktails for a filmed discussion. The video of the enthralling, path breaking evening that followed was released on YouTube and soon went viral. This is intellectual inquiry at its best: sincere and probing, funny and unpredictable,...
