John Brockman

Doğum yılı: 1941

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John Brockman is a literary agent and author known for his work in scientific literature.
He founded the Edge Foundation, which connects leading thinkers across scientific and technical fields.
Brockman has authored and edited several books exploring scientific and cultural ideas, including "The Third Culture" and "The Next Fifty Years." His unique position in both the scientific and literary worlds is highlighted by his distinction of being profiled on the front pages of both the "Science Times" and "Arts & Leisure" sections of The New York Times, making him a notable figure in bridging science and culture.

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This Will Make You Smarter

yazan John Brockman • 2012

Leading scientists each make the case for the single concept they would install in every mind.

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🧠 Mental Models 🔬 Scientific Thinking 🤔 Cognitive Biases

This Will Make You Smarter

Leading scientists each make the case for the single concept they would install in every mind.

yazan John Brockman 2012 399 sayfa

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7.000+ puan

🧠 Mental Models 🔬 Scientific Thinking 🤔 Cognitive Biases

This Explains Everything

yazan John Brockman • 2013

One question, 150 scientists: name the elegant idea that makes the most sense of everything.

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📚 Science Anthologies 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🧠 Cognitive Biases

This Explains Everything

One question, 150 scientists: name the elegant idea that makes the most sense of everything.

yazan John Brockman 2013 411 sayfa

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2.000+ puan

📚 Science Anthologies 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🧠 Cognitive Biases

What We Believe But Cannot Prove

yazan John Brockman • 2005

Science's greatest leaps begin as hunches without proof. A hundred top minds confess theirs.

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🔬 Philosophy Of Science 💡 Scientific Intuition 🧠 Consciousness Studies

What We Believe But Cannot Prove

Science's greatest leaps begin as hunches without proof. A hundred top minds confess theirs.

yazan John Brockman 2005 252 sayfa

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1.000+ puan

🔬 Philosophy Of Science 💡 Scientific Intuition 🧠 Consciousness Studies

This Idea Must Die

yazan John Brockman • 2015

175 scientists each nominate one idea to retire, from IQ to the Big Bang itself.

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🔬 Meta-Science 🛑 Scientific Dead Ends 🕸️ Complexity Science

This Idea Must Die

175 scientists each nominate one idea to retire, from IQ to the Big Bang itself.

yazan John Brockman 2015 568 sayfa

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1.000+ puan

🔬 Meta-Science 🛑 Scientific Dead Ends 🕸️ Complexity Science

What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night

yazan John Brockman • 2014

Cognitive traps. Fragile networks. Captured watchdogs. The real fears of a hundred scientists.

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🧨 Existential Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Risk Perception

What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night

Cognitive traps. Fragile networks. Captured watchdogs. The real fears of a hundred scientists.

yazan John Brockman 2014 478 sayfa

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1.000+ puan

🧨 Existential Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Risk Perception

What Is Your Dangerous Idea?

yazan John Brockman • 2006

A hundred leading thinkers each name the one idea they find too unnerving to speak aloud.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧪 Science And Religion 🕊️ Free Will Debate

What Is Your Dangerous Idea?

A hundred leading thinkers each name the one idea they find too unnerving to speak aloud.

yazan John Brockman 2006 301 sayfa

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1.000+ puan

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧪 Science And Religion 🕊️ Free Will Debate

Thinking

yazan John Brockman • 2013

A tour of the mind's latest science: warring neurons, useless pundits, and smart shortcuts.

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🧠 Cognitive Science 📊 Decision Science 💰 Behavioral Economics

Thinking

A tour of the mind's latest science: warring neurons, useless pundits, and smart shortcuts.

yazan John Brockman 2013 432 sayfa

3.69

500+ puan

🧠 Cognitive Science 📊 Decision Science 💰 Behavioral Economics

Possible Minds

yazan John Brockman • 2019

Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.

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🤖 Ai Ethics ⚙️ Ai Alignment 🔄 Cybernetics

Possible Minds

Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.

yazan John Brockman 2019 320 sayfa

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500+ puan

🤖 Ai Ethics ⚙️ Ai Alignment 🔄 Cybernetics

This Idea Is Brilliant

yazan John Brockman • 2018

The overlooked scientific ideas top minds most urgently want you to know, from entropy to emergence.

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🧠 Third Culture 🔬 Scientific Method 🪞 Cognitive Biases

This Idea Is Brilliant

The overlooked scientific ideas top minds most urgently want you to know, from entropy to emergence.

yazan John Brockman 2018 515 sayfa

3.83

500+ puan

🧠 Third Culture 🔬 Scientific Method 🪞 Cognitive Biases

What to Think About Machines That Think

yazan John Brockman • 2015

The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment

What to Think About Machines That Think

The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.

yazan John Brockman 2015 576 sayfa

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500+ puan

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment

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