This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress

by John Brockman

Book Overview

The bestselling editor of This Explains Everything brings together 175 of the world's most brilliant minds to tackle Edge.org's 2014 question: What scientific idea has become a relic blocking human progress?

Each year, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org--"The world's smartest website" (The Guardian)--challenges some of the world's greatest scientists, artists, and philosophers to answer a provocative question crucial to our time. In 2014...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062374346
• ISBN13: 9780062374349
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.0"