The Last Unknowns : Deep, Elegant, Profound UNANSWERED QUESTIONS About the Universe, the Mind, the Future of
Civilization, and the Meaning of Life / Edited by JOHN BROCKMAN ; Foreword by DANIEL KAHNEMAN. - First edition. - xvi, 332 pages ; 19 cm. - Edge question series. . - Edge question series. .

Includes bibliographical references (page xvi) and index.

Foreword: on edge by Daniel Kahneman Introduction: interrogate reality The last unknowns.

This is a little book of profound questions unknowns that address the secrets of our world, our civilization, the meaning of life. Here are the deepest riddles that have fascinated, obsessed, and haunted the greatest thinkers of our time, including Nobel laureates, cosmologists, philosophers, economists, prize-winning novelists, religious scholars, and more than 250 leading scientists, artists, and theorists. In The Last Unknowns, John Brockman, asks "a mind-blowing gathering of innovative thinkers": "What is 'The Last Question,' your last question, the question for which you will be remembered?

9780062897947 RM 86.90


Science--Miscellanea.
Questions and answers.
Philosophy--Miscellanea.

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