Discover the universe's last unknowns—here are the unanswered questions that obsess "the world's finest minds" (The Guardian)Featuring a foreword by DANIEL KAHNEMAN, Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and SlowThis is a little...

Frisst die industrialisierte Kommunikation des 21. Jahrhunderts unser Denken? Hört der Mensch zu denken auf, wenn Maschinen es tun? Übertragen wir unsere Entscheidungen an Computer? Sind wir von ihnen abhängig? Der Literaturagent John...

Welche Idee wird alles verändern? von Brockman, John

Weighing in from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, today's most forward-thinking minds explore the rise of "machines that think.”Stephen Hawking recently made headlines by noting, "The development of full artificial intelligence...

Today's most visionary thinkers reveal the cutting-edge scientific ideas and breakthroughs you must understand.Scientific developments radically change and enlighten our understanding of the world -- whether it's advances in technology...

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,...

The newest addition to John Brockman's Edge.org series explores life itself, bringing together the world's leading biologists, geneticists, and evolutionary theorists—including Richard Dawkins, Edward O. Wilson, J. Craig Venter, and...

Heutzutage sind es vor allem Naturwissenschaftler, die uns mit Schlüsselfragen des Lebens konfrontieren. Sie sind an die Stelle der klassischen Intellektuellen getreten und etablieren sich immer mehr als die Leitfiguren in der...

Was war die wichtigste Erfindung der letzten 2000 Jahre? International angesehene Wissenschaftler und Denker geben anregende und oft überraschende Antworten auf diese provokant-einfache Frage.

Brilliant but overlooked ideas you must know, as revealed by Steven Pinker, Jared Diamond, Lisa Randall, Richard Thaler, Carlo Rovelli, Richard Dawkins, Helen Fisher, Ian McEwen, and more of today's most innovative minds • A top-ten San...

Explore the universe with today's greatest physicists.In the wake of one of the most groundbreaking scientific breakthroughs in modern times, the March 2014 discovery of gravitational ripples from the Big Bang?an apparent confirmation of...

Science world luminary John Brockman assembles twenty-five of the most important scientific minds, people who have been thinking about the field artificial intelligence for most of their careers, for an unparalleled round-table...