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The Last UnknownsDeep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions About the Universe, the Mind, the Future of Civilization, and the Meaning of Life

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THE UNIVERSE'S ULTIMATE MYSTERIES, PRESENTED BY "THE WORLD'S FINEST MINDS" (The Guardian)

This is a little book of grand questions—unknowns that, if answered, could unlock the secrets of our world, our civilization, and even the meaning of life. Here are the deepest riddles that have fascinated, obsessed, and haunted the greatest thinkers of our time, including Nobel laureates, cosmologists, philosophers, economists, prize-wining novelists, religious scholars, and more than 250 leading scientists, artists, and scholars. In The Last Unknowns, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, asks “a mind-blowing gathering of innovative thinkers” (Booklist): “What is ‘The Last Question,’ your last question, the question for which you will be remembered?”

Featuring the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel JARED DIAMOND • Nobel Prize-winning economist RICHARD THALER • Harvard psychologist STEVEN PINKER • religion scholar ELAINE PAGELS • author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics CARLO ROVELLI • Booker Prize–winning novelist IAN McEWAN • neuroscientist SAM HARRIS • philosopher DANIEL C. DENNETT • MIT theorist SHERRY TURKLE • decoder of the human genome J. CRAIG VENTER • Nobel Prize-winning physicist FRANK WILCZEK • New York Times columnist CARL ZIMMER • Whole Earth founder STEWART BRAND • economist TYLER COWEN • Wired founding editor KEVIN KELLY • Princeton physicist FREEMAN DYSON • musician BRIAN ENO • Duke economist DAN ARIELY • Harvard cosmologist LISA RANDALL, and more than 200 others.


 

Author: John Brockman (all their books in stock)
Genre: Science, Essays
Format: Paperback
Published: 2019
Pages: 352
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780062897947

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