This idea is brilliant: lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should know
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New York : Harper Perennial, [2018].
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xxvii, 515 pages ; 21 cm
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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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9780062698216, 0062698214
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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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Brockman, J., Milner, Y., Waytz, A., Rowan, D., Dawkins, R., Fitch, W. T., Lloyd, S., Pinker, S., Lisi, A. G., Losos, J. B., & Church, G. M. (2018). This idea is brilliant: lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should know. First edition. New York, Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)John Brockman et al.. 2018. This Idea Is Brilliant: Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know. New York, Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)John Brockman et al., This Idea Is Brilliant: Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know. New York, Harper Perennial, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Brockman, John, et al. This Idea Is Brilliant: Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know. First edition. New York, Harper Perennial, 2018.
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