Brockman, John

"[The author] assembles twenty-five . . . scientific minds, people who have been thinking about the field artificial intelligence for most of their careers, for a . . . round-table examination about mind, thinking, intelligence, and what it means to be human"--Provided by publisher.

"Collects the thoughts of almost two hundred of today's leading thinkers on the issue of artifical in telligence"--OCLC.

Collects writings from several leading theoretical physicists and cosmologists that offer an overview of our scientific understanding of the universe as it stands today.

A collection of short essays in which 175 of today's leading thinkers offer their opinions on which scientific ideas are outdated and need to die.

Presents a collection of essays by leading thinkers on what worries them.

A collection of essays by twenty-seven scientists who describe persons or events which inspired them to become a scientist.

A series of essays by more than one hundred of the world's leading scholars who reveal what they believe despite a current lack of supporting evidence about such topics as the future of humankind, the fate of the universe, and extraterrestrial life.

Presents 150 explanations and theories of the way minds, societies, and universe work.

A collection of essays in which one hundred scholars, authors, politicians, and other leading minds share what they think are the most revolutionary ideas that will change our lives.

Presents answers from approximately one hundred of the world's foremost scientific and creative thinkers to the question of what they believe is the greatest invention of the past two thousand years and why.