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This idea is brilliant: lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should know

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Presents essays responding to a question about what scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known, written by such authors as Jared Diamond, Richard Thaler, Richard Dawkins, Lisa Randall, Steven Pinker, and Carlo Roveri.
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Losos, Jonathan B.Natural selection
Pinker, Steven,1954-Second law of thermodynamics
Waytz, Adam.illusion of explanatory depth
Rowan, David.Synaptic transfer
Brockman, John,1941-editor
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