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    - Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know
    by John Brockman
    £10.99

    From the bestselling editor of This Explains Everything, 206 of the world's most brilliant minds tackle Edge.org's 2017 question: What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known?

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    - Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI
    by John Brockman
    £13.49

    "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 examination about mind, thinking, intelligence and what it means to be human"--

  • - Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
    by John Brockman
    £13.99

  • - The Net's Impact on Our Minds and Future
    by John Brockman
    £12.49

  • - The Rhetoric of Nineteenth Century Steamboat and Railroad Accident Investigation Reports, 1833-1879
    by John Brockman
    £33.99

    Using the reports generated by seven different accidents on railroads and steamboats between 1833 and 1876, it is possible to observe the changes in how these reports interacted and changed over the course of the nineteenth century.

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    - The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction
    by John Brockman
    £9.99

    Unlock your mindFrom the bestselling authors of Thinking, Fast and Slow; The Black Swan; and Stumbling on Happiness comes a cutting-edge exploration of the mysteries of rational thought, decision-making, intuition, morality, willpower, problem-solving, prediction, forecasting, unconscious behavior, and beyond. Edited by John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"?The Guardian), Thinking presents original ideas by today's leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who are radically expanding our understanding of human thought.Daniel Kahneman on the power (and pitfalls) of human intuition and "unconscious" thinking • Daniel Gilbert on desire, prediction, and why getting what we want doesn't always make us happy • Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the limitations of statistics in guiding decision-making • Vilayanur Ramachandran on the scientific underpinnings of human nature • Simon Baron-Cohen on the startling effects of testosterone on the brain • Daniel C. Dennett on decoding the architecture of the "normal" human mind • Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on mental disorders and the crucial developmental phase of adolescence • Jonathan Haidt, Sam Harris, and Roy Baumeister on the science of morality, ethics, and the emerging synthesis of evolutionary and biological thinking • Gerd Gigerenzer on rationality and what informs our choices

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    - How a Child Becomes a Scientist
    by John Brockman
    £12.99

    Curious Minds is a book of original, autobiographical essays by twenty-seven scientists, including Paul Davies, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Personal, passionate, revealing, enthralling, Curious Minds tells as much about life as it does about science.

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    by John Brockman
    £11.99

    Offers ideas, strategies and arguments that help us to understand our world and its future.

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