Bibliograph

Future science, essays from the cutting edge, edited and with a preface by Max Brockman

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Future science, essays from the cutting edge, edited and with a preface by Max Brockman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Future science

Oclc number

682893488

Responsibility statement

edited and with a preface by Max Brockman

Series statement

Vintage original

Sub title

essays from the cutting edge

Summary

"Eighteen of the top young scientists at work today present for the lay reader the latest developments in the fields of evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, genetic engineering, and climate science"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

On the coming age of ocean exploration / Kevin P. Hand -- Children's helping hands / Felix Warneken -- Molecular cut and paste : the new generation of biological tools / William McEwan -- Next step : infinity / Anthony Aguirre -- Nurture, nature, and the stress that is life / Daniela Kaufer and Darlene Francis -- What can huge data sets teach us about society and ourselves? / Jon Kleinberg -- On the universality of attractiveness / Coren Apicella -- To err is primate / Laurie R. Santos -- Our brains know why we do what we do / Samuel M. McClure -- Is shame necessary? / Jennifer Jacquet -- Plant immunity in a changing world / Kirsten Bomblies -- The emergence of human audiovisual communication / Asif A. Ghazanfar -- Why rejection hurts / Naomi I. Eisenberger -- Finding the mind in the body / Joshua Knobe -- Should the law depend on luck? / Fiery Cushman -- How we read people's moral minds / Liane Young -- How odd I am! / Daniel Haun -- Where does human diversity come from? / Joan Y. Chiao

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