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What Are You Optimistic About? Today's Leading Thinkers on Why Things Are Good and Getting Better

by John Brockman

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The nightly news and conventional wisdom tell us that things are bad and getting worse. Yet despite dire predictions, scientists see many good things on the horizon. John Brockman, publisher of Edge (www.edge.org), the influential online salon, recently asked more than 150 high-powered scientific thinkers to answer a vital question for our frequently pessimistic times: What are you optimistic about?

Spanning a wide range of topics, from string theory to education, from population growth to medicine, and even from global warming to the end of world, What Are You Optimistic About? is an impressive array of what world-class minds (including Nobel Laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, New York Times bestselling authors, and Harvard professors, among others) have weighed in to offer carefully considered optimistic visions of tomorrow. Their provocative and controversial ideas may rouse skepticism, but they might possibly change our perceptions of humanity's future.

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In an age too often marked by anxiety and pessimism, the worlds leading scientific thinkers offer their hopeful visions for the future.

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About the Author

The founder and publisher of the influential online science salon Edge.org, John Brockman is the editor of This Will Make You Smarter, This Will Change Everything, What Is Your Dangerous Idea?, What We Believe but Cannot Prove, and other volumes. He is the CEO of the literary agency Brockman Inc., and lives in New York City.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780061436932

Subtitle:

Today's Leading Thinkers on Why Things Are Good and Getting Better

Author:

Brockman, John

Editor:

Brockman, John, Ed.

Author:

Brockman, John, Ed.

Author:

Brockman, John, Ed.

Author:

by John Brockman

Publisher:

Harper Perennial

Subject:

Essays

Subject:

General science

Subject:

Sociology

Subject:

Forecasting

Subject:

Social prediction

Subject:

Science Reference-Essays

Copyright:

2007

Edition Description:

Trade PB

Publication Date:

November 2007

Binding:

Paperback

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

400

Dimensions:

9 x 6 x 0.77 in 12.48 oz

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