This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress
by:
John Brockman (author)
Reporting from the cutting edge of scientific discovery, today's visionary thinkers target the greatest roadblocks to innovation.Few truly new ideas are developed without first abandoning old ones. In the past, discoveries often had to wait for the rise of the next generation to see questions in...
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Reporting from the cutting edge of scientific discovery, today's visionary thinkers target the greatest roadblocks to innovation.Few truly new ideas are developed without first abandoning old ones. In the past, discoveries often had to wait for the rise of the next generation to see questions in a new light and let go of old truisms. Today, in a world that is defined by a
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780062374349 (0062374346)
ASIN: 62374346
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 592
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Science,
Physics,
Environment,
Nature,
Philosophy,
Anthropology,
Psychology
The problem with books of this nature is that either the "death of an idea" is such a no-brainer that it doesn't deserve an essay or it's the bete noire of the author. For example, in this volume one can find essays that call for the final interment of String Theory alongside others that as vigorous...
This book was a lot like the TED conferences. While you're watching them you think they're the most brilliant thing you've ever seen and just wonder why you didn't come up with thinking about the problem that way on your own. But, when it's over you start to think maybe that wasn't worth my time a...
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