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An edition of This idea must die (2015)

This idea must die

Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress

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Harper, Harper Perennial
Pages
592

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Subjects
Simplicity, Markova, occam, Science, Science in popular culture, Miscellanea, nyt:science=2015-04-12, New York Times bestseller, Science, miscellanea
People
Copernicus, Robert Shiller, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Times
2014
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This idea must die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements/ xix
Preface: The 2014 Edge Question/ xxi
The Theory of Everything/ Geoffrey West/ 1
Unification/ Marcelo Gleiser/ 5
Simplicity/ A.C.Grayling/ 9
The Universe/ Seth Lloyd / 11
IQ / Scott Atran/ 15
Brain Plasticity/ Leo M. Chalupa/ 18
Changing the Brain/ Howard Gardner / 21
The Rocket Scientist/ Victoria Wyatt / 22
The Illusion of Scientific Progress/ Paul Saffo/ 542
Notes/ 545
Index/ 549

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Published in
New York
Copyright Date
2015

Classifications

Library of Congress
Q173 .T54 2015, Q173.T54 2015

Contributors

Editor
John Brockman
Cover Design
Oliver Munday
Author Photographer
Tobias Everke

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xxii, 570
Number of pages
592

ID Numbers

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OL25894964M
Internet Archive
thisideamustdies0000unse
ISBN 13
9780062374349
LCCN
2014026308
OCLC/WorldCat
881042113

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Work Description

What scientific idea is ready for retirement? What established scientific idea is ready to be moved aside so that science can advance? Articles by 175 of the world's most influential scientists, economists, artists, and philosophers

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