Science Is Culture: Conversations at the New Intersection of Science + SocietySeed 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 |
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 |
Daniel Levitin and David Byrne | 147 |
Lisa Randall and Chuck Hoberman | 163 |
Michael Shanks and Lynn Hershman | 177 |
Lawrence Krauss | 193 |
Thomas E Lovejoy | 329 |
Acknowledgments | 345 |
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Science Is Culture: Conversations at the New Intersection of Science + Society Adam Bly No preview available - 2010 |
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