The Last Unknowns: Deep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions About the Univer

Description: The Last Unknowns by John Brockman, Daniel Kahneman THE UNIVERSES GREATEST UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, POSED BY "THE WORLDS FINEST MINDS" (The Guardian)Featuring Jared Diamond, Steven Pinker, Nobel laureate Richard Thaler, Elaine Pagels, Booker Prize-winner Ian McEwan, Harvard physicist Lisa Randall, and more than 200 other leading thinkers. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Discover the universes last unknowns—here are the unanswered questions that obsess "the worlds finest minds" (The Guardian)Featuring a foreword by DANIEL KAHNEMAN, Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and SlowThis is a little book of profound questions (only questions!)—unknowns that address the secrets of our world, our civilization, the meaning of life. Here are the deepest riddles that have fascinated, obsessed, and haunted the greatest thinkers of our time, including Nobel laureates, cosmologists, philosophers, economists, prize-winning novelists, religious scholars, and more than 250 leading scientists, artists, and theorists. In The Last Unknowns, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, asks "a mind-blowing gathering of innovative thinkers" (Booklist): "What is The Last Question, your last question, the question for which you will be remembered"Featuring the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel JARED DIAMOND • Nobel Prize-winning University of Chicago economist RICHARD THALER • Harvard psychologist STEVEN PINKER • religion scholar ELAINE PAGELS • author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics CARLO ROVELLI • Booker Prize–winning novelist IAN McEWAN • neuroscientist SAM HARRIS • philosopher DANIEL C. DENNETT • MIT theorist SHERRY TURKLE • decoder of the human genome J. CRAIG VENTER • The Coddling of the American Mind author JONATHAN HAIDT • Nobel Prize-winning physicist FRANK WILCZEK • UC Berkeley psychologist ALISON GOPNICK • philosopher REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN • New York Times columnist CARL ZIMMER • MIT cosmologist MAX TEGMARK • Whole Earth founder STEWART BRAND • "Marginal Revolution" economist TYLER COWEN • Anatomy of Love author HELEN FISHER • Noble Prize-winning NASA physicist JOHN C. MATHER • psychologist JUDITH RICH HARRIS • Princeton physicist FREEMAN DYSON • musician BRIAN ENO • environmental scientist JENNIFER JACQUET • Duke economist DAN ARIELY • Oxford philosopher A. C. GRAYLING • Harvard cosmologist LISA RANDALL • anthropologist MARY CATHERINE BATESON • Emotional Intelligence author DANIEL GOLEMAN • Harvard genticist GEORGE CHURCH • Blueprint author NICHOLAS A. CHRISTAKIS • Stanford political scientist MARGARET LEVI • economist ALAN S. BLINDER • publisher TIM OREILLY • theoretical cosmologist JANNA LEVIN • Serpentine Gallery owner HANS ULRICH OBRIST • Wired founding editor KEVIN KELLY • Cambridge astrophysicist MARTIN REES, and more than 200 others. Back Cover This is a little book of profound questions--unknowns that address the secrets of our world, our civilization, the meaning of life. Here are the deepest riddles that have fascinated, obsessed, and haunted the greatest thinkers of our time, including Nobel laureates, cosmologists, philosophers, economists, prize-winning novelists, religious scholars, and more than 250 leading scientists, artists, and theorists. In The Last Unknowns, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, asks "a mind-blowing gathering of innovative thinkers" (Booklist): "What is The Last Question, your last question, the question for which you will be remembered?" Foreword by Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow Why is the world so beautiful? * Is the actual all that is possible? * Why are there no trees in the ocean? * Will humanity end up with one culture? * Why dont naked mole rats age or get cancer? * Are humans capable of building a moral economy? * Is love really all you need? * If we discover another intelligent civilization, what should we ask them? * Is immortality desirable? * How diverse is life in the universe? Featuring the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel JARED DIAMOND * Nobel Prize-winning economist RICHARD H. THALER * Harvard psychologist STEVEN PINKER * religion scholar ELAINE PAGELS * author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics CARLO ROVELLI * Booker Prize-winning novelist IAN McEWAN * neuroscientist SAM HARRIS * philosopher DANIEL C. DENNETT * MIT theorist SHERRY TURKLE * decoder of the human genome J. CRAIG VENTER * Nobel Prize-winning physicist FRANK WILCZEK * MIT cosmologist MAX TEGMARK * Whole Earth Catalog founder STEWART BRAND * economist TYLER COWEN * psychologist JUDITH RICH HARRIS * Princeton physicist FREEMAN DYSON * musician BRIAN ENO * environmental scientist JENNIFER JACQUET * Duke economist DAN ARIELY Author Biography The publisher of the online science salon Edge.org, John Brockman is the editor of the national bestsellers This Idea Must Die, This Explains Everything, This Will Make You Smarter, and other volumes. Review "Intriguing. … Far-reaching. … Genuinely provocative." — Publishers Weekly"A veritable treasure trove." — Scientific Inquirer Review Quote "Intriguing. ... Far-reaching. ... Genuinely provocative." Details ISBN0062897942 Author Daniel Kahneman Year 2019 ISBN-10 0062897942 ISBN-13 9780062897947 Pages 352 Format Paperback Subtitle Deep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions About the Universe, the Mind, the Future of Civilization, and the Meaning of Life Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 500 Short Title The Last Unknowns Language English Publication Date 2019-07-11 UK Release Date 2019-07-11 US Release Date 2019-07-11 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Audience General Imprint William Morrow Cookbooks AU Release Date 2019-06-13 NZ Release Date 2019-06-13 Imprint US William Morrow Paperbacks Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158499353;

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Publication Name: The Last Unknowns: Deep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions About the Universe, the Mind, the Future of Civilization, and the Meaning of Life

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Publication Year: 2019

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