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Title:

This idea is brilliant : lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should know / edited by John Brockman.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harper Perennial,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

515 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Science--Miscellanea.

Other Authors:

Brockman, John, 1941- editor.
Milner, Yuri. (Physicist) Longevity factor.
Waytz, Adam. illusion of explanatory depth.
Rowan, David. (Editor) Synaptic transfer.
Dawkins, Richard, 1941- Genetic book of the dead.
Fitch, W. Tecumseh. Exaptation.
Lloyd, Seth, 1960- Virial theorem.
Pinker, Steven, 1954- Second law of thermodynamics.
Lisi, Antony Garrett. (Theoretical physicist) Emergence.
Losos, Jonathan B. Natural selection.
Church, George M. (George McDonald). DNA.

Notes:

Includes index.

Summary:

Presents essays responding to a question about what scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known, written by such authors as Jared Diamond, Richard Thaler, Richard Dawkins, Lisa Randall, Steven Pinker, and Carlo Roveri.

ISBN:

0062698214
9780062698216

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1019711625

LCCN:

bl2018001260

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)