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This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
Contributor(s): Brockman, John (Author)

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 ISBN: 0062109391     ISBN-13: 9780062109392
Publisher: Harper Perennial
OUR PRICE: $18.04  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Essays
- Science | Cognitive Science
- Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Dewey: 612.823
Series: Edge Question
Physical Information: 1.11" H x 5.3" W x 8.02" L (0.72 lbs) 448 pages
Features: Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2011
Shelf Awareness 02/28/2012
New York Times Book Review 08/05/2012 pg. 16
 
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Publisher Description:

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

Contributor Bio(s): Brockman, John: -

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