by JohnBrockman (Editor)
Literary agent John Brockman challenged the array of scientists that he hosts on his website by asking: "What is the most important invention of the past two thousand years?". This book provides a showcase for more than a hundred of their responses, which are as varied as the participants themselves. Gutenberg's printing press wins the most endorsements, but the neuroscientist Colin Blakemore argues for the birth-control pill, biologist Richard Dawkins nominates the spectroscope and physicist Freeman Dyson makes a case for hay! An eclectic collection of ideas from some of the foremost thinkers of our age.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: W&N
Published: 28 Feb 2000
ISBN 10: 0297645757
ISBN 13: 9780297645757
Book Overview: The author's other titles include The Third Culture and How Things Are: A Science Tool-kit for the Mind .