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The New Humanists: Science at the Edge

by John Brockman (Editor)

Other authors: Rodney Brooks (Contributor), Andy Clark (Contributor), Helena Cronin (Contributor), Daniel C. Dennett (Contributor), David Deutsch (Contributor)17 more, Jared Diamond (Contributor), David Gelernter (Contributor), Alan Guth (Contributor), Marc D. Hauser (Contributor), Stephen M. Kosslyn (Contributor), Ray Kurzweil (Contributor), Jaron Lanier (Contributor), Seth Lloyd (Contributor), Marvin Minsky (Contributor), Hans Moravec (Contributor), Steven Pinker (Contributor), Jordan B. Pollack (Contributor), Lisa Randall (Contributor), Martin Rees (Contributor), Lee Smolin (Contributor), Paul J. Steinhardt (Contributor), Richard Wrangham (Contributor)

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Some of the top scientists of today--the geographer Jared Diamond, the linguist Steven Pinker, the philosopher Daniel Dennett, Marvin Minsky, Lee Smolin, among others--discuss the unique contributions each is making to the development of modern thought. Some of these thinkers are in sync, others in dissent, but what emerges is a dialogue that serves to support the assertion that a third class will emerge where the literary intellectual and the scientist merge. This study not only serves as an introduction to some of the best scientific minds of the 21st century, but also brings together the sciences and humanities in a way that, until now, seemed virtually impossible.   Brockman ha reunido en este volumen algunos de los científicos más punteros de la actualidad: el geógrafo Jared Diamond, el psicólogo y lingüista Steven Pinker, el físico David Deutsch, el filósofo Daniel C. Dennett, el astrónomo Martin Rees, el físico teórico Lee Smolin, entre otros. Algunos de ellos comparten puntos de vista, otros disienten pero lo que emerge es un diálogo que sirve tanto de introducción a algunas de las mentes científicas más lúcidas del siglo XXI como de punto de partida para crear una sinergia entre la ciencia y las humanidades, dos esferas que hasta el presente, parecían virtualmente incompatibles.  … (more)
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Brockman, JohnEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brooks, RodneyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Clark, AndyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cronin, HelenaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dennett, Daniel C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Deutsch, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Diamond, JaredContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gelernter, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Guth, AlanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hauser, Marc D.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kosslyn, Stephen M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kurzweil, RayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lanier, JaronContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lloyd, SethContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Minsky, MarvinContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Moravec, HansContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pinker, StevenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pollack, Jordan B.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Randall, LisaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rees, MartinContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Smolin, LeeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Steinhardt, Paul J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Some of the top scientists of today--the geographer Jared Diamond, the linguist Steven Pinker, the philosopher Daniel Dennett, Marvin Minsky, Lee Smolin, among others--discuss the unique contributions each is making to the development of modern thought. Some of these thinkers are in sync, others in dissent, but what emerges is a dialogue that serves to support the assertion that a third class will emerge where the literary intellectual and the scientist merge. This study not only serves as an introduction to some of the best scientific minds of the 21st century, but also brings together the sciences and humanities in a way that, until now, seemed virtually impossible.   Brockman ha reunido en este volumen algunos de los científicos más punteros de la actualidad: el geógrafo Jared Diamond, el psicólogo y lingüista Steven Pinker, el físico David Deutsch, el filósofo Daniel C. Dennett, el astrónomo Martin Rees, el físico teórico Lee Smolin, entre otros. Algunos de ellos comparten puntos de vista, otros disienten pero lo que emerge es un diálogo que sirve tanto de introducción a algunas de las mentes científicas más lúcidas del siglo XXI como de punto de partida para crear una sinergia entre la ciencia y las humanidades, dos esferas que hasta el presente, parecían virtualmente incompatibles.  

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