{"product_id":"what-is-your-dangerous-idea-todays-leading-thinkers-on-the-unthinkable-9780061214950","title":"What Is Your Dangerous Idea?: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world's leading scientific thinkers explore bold, remarkable, perilous ideas that could change our lives--for better . . . or for worse . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Copernicus to Darwin, to current-day thinkers, scientists have always promoted theories and unveiled discoveries that challenge everything society holds dear; ideas with both positive and dire consequences. Many thoughts that resonate today are dangerous not because they are assumed to be false, but because they might turn out to be true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do the world's leading scientists and thinkers consider to be their most dangerous idea? Through the leading online forum \u003cem\u003eEdge\u003c\/em\u003e (www.edge.org), the call went out, and this compelling and easily digestible volume collects the answers. From using medication to permanently alter our personalities to contemplating a universe in which we are utterly alone, to the idea that the universe might be fundamentally inexplicable, \u003cem\u003eWhat Is Your Dangerous Idea?\u003c\/em\u003e takes an unflinching look at the daring, breathtaking, sometimes terrifying thoughts that could forever alter our world and the way we live in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors include\u003cbr\u003eDaniel C. Dennett - Jared Diamond - Brian Greene - Matt Ridley - Howard Gardner and Freeman Dyson, among others\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Brockman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.36w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061214950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2007 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrockman, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe publisher of the online science salon Edge.org, John Brockman is the editor of \u003cem\u003eKnow This\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThis Idea Must Die\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThis Explains Everything\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThis Will Make You Smarter\u003c\/em\u003e, and other volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43088145350771,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f45265fb-03d7-4930-8904-6e304c98221d.jpg?v=1748973094","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/what-is-your-dangerous-idea-todays-leading-thinkers-on-the-unthinkable-9780061214950","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}