"Theway Brockman interlaces essays about research on the frontiers of science withones on artistic vision, education, psychology and economics is sure to buzzany brain." --Chicago Sun-Times on This WillChange Everything
Markingthe debut of a hard-hitting new series from Edge.org and Harper Perennial, editor John Brockman delivers a cutting-edge master class covering everythingyou need to know about The Mind. With original contributions by theworld's leading thinkers and scientists, including Steven Pinker, George Lakoff, Philip Zimbardo, V. S. Ramachandran, and others, The Mind offers aconsciousness-expanding primer on a fundamental topic. Unparalleled in scope, depth, insight and quality, Edge.org's The Mind isnot to be missed.
From the frontiers of cognitive science and evolutionary psychology, leading thinkers explore:
- The Brain as Computer: Steven Pinker argues that the human mind is not a blank slate but a complex system of computational organs designed by natural selection.
- Emotions and Memory: Neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux reveals how emotional memories are formed in parallel to conscious ones, exploring the brain circuits that underlie fear and anxiety.
- Mirror Neurons and Self-Awareness: V. S. Ramachandran explains how 'monkey-see-monkey-do' neurons may be the key to empathy, imitation, and our ability to understand the minds of others--and our own.
- The Science of Happiness: Martin Seligman, a founder of positive psychology, distinguishes between the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life, offering a scientific framework for eudaemonia.
- Moral Psychology: Why are we so passionate about right and wrong? Jonathan Haidt explores the evolutionary roots of morality, religion, and the intuitions that bind us into groups.
About the Author :
The publisher of the online science salon Edge.org, John Brockman is the editor of Know This, This Idea Must Die, This Explains Everything, This Will Make You Smarter, and other volumes.
Review :
"A typically brilliant array of brief essays, by turns provocative, playful and profound . . . compulsively readable" - Scientific American
"This Will Change Everything offers seemingly radical but actually feasible ideas with the potential to change the world. " - Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
"The world's finest minds have responded with some of the most insightful, humbling, fascinating confessions and anecdotes, an intellectual treasure trove. ... Best three or four hours of intense, enlightening reading you can do for the new year. Read it now." - San Francisco Chronicle
"The way Brockman interlaces essays about research on the frontiers of science with ones on artistic vision, education, psychology and economics is sure to buzz any brain." - Chicago Sun-Times
"Edge is an organization of deep, visionary thinkers" - Atlantic.com
"If you want a quick introduction to some of the smartest and most interesting thinkers around--read this book." - Scientific American
