Edge Question This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works, (Paperback)

from Razinha

Brockman's Edge question for 2012 was ""WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, OR BEAUTIFUL EXPLANATION?" and this collection has some delightful answers, a few head-scratchers, and quite a lot of enlightening essays. A number of commenters complained about redundancies, but I see them as reinforce...

from Sandydog1

I got bogged down on the first of the short works on quantum physics, time-space continua, etc.. I prepared to assign this 2 stars and promptly abandon it. But the essays got more and more palatable thanks to the more accessible topics in biology, psychology, social science, evolution, etc. Towar...

from MarkBeronte

  In This Explains Everything, John Brockman, founder and publisher of Edge.org, asked experts in numerous fields and disciplines to come up with their favorite explanations for everyday occurrences. Why do we recognize patterns? Is there such a thing as positive stress? Are we genetically progra...

from freelancer_frank

This is a book about the state of science today. As is the nature of these things, some of the theories are more deep, more elegant and more beautiful than others. The stand out entries, however, really do jolt the system with wonder and the book as a whole is like a shot in the arm of reason and...

from freelancer_frank

This is a book about the state of science today. As is the nature of these things, some of the theories are more deep, more elegant and more beautiful than others. The stand out entries, however, really do jolt the system with wonder and the book as a whole is like a shot in the arm of reason and...