Science Is Culture: Conversations at the New Intersection of Science + Society

Adam Bly

Harper Collins, Oct 12, 2010 - Science - 368 pages

Seed magazine brings together a unique collection of conversations between prominent scientists, artists, and other thinkers, with dialogue designed to tear down the wall between science and society. In this one-of-a-kind-experiment, Science Is Culture offers insights from the Steven Pinker, Tom Wolfe, Noam Chomsky, David Byrne, Errol Morris, Jonathan Lethem, and many more of the world’s brightest burning minds.

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Contents

• Rebecca Goldstein: 23
• Alan Lightman and Richard Colton: 43
• Drew Endy and Stefan Sagmeister: 61
• Joan Fontcuberta: 75
• Laurie David: 89
• Noam Chomsky: 103
• Michel Gondry and Robert Stickgold: 117
• Janna Levin: 131
• Daniel Levitin and David Byrne: 147
• Lisa Randall and Chuck Hoberman: 163
• Michael Shanks and Lynn Hershman: 177
• Lawrence Krauss: 193
• Will Self and Spencer Wells: 209
• Benoit Mandelbrot: 225
• Marc Hauser and Errol Morris: 239
• Tom Wolfe and Michael Gazzaniga: 255
• Jill Tarter: 269
• Complex Networks Feedback Loops and the Cities: 283
• AlbertLászló Barabási: 297
• Paul Steinhardt: 313
• Thomas E Lovejoy: 329
• Acknowledgments: 345

Bibliographic information

• Title: Science Is Culture: Conversations at the New Intersection of Science + Society
• Author: Adam Bly
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2010
• ISBN: 006201546X, 9780062015464
• Length: 368 pages
• Subjects: Science / General