Leading thinkers share ideas to expand your knowledge, sharpen your wits, and improve your critical thinking skills.
This book is a compilation of short essays by leading scientists and thinkers, each presenting a single idea or concept that they believe will make the reader smarter. The essays cover a broad range of topics, from neuroscience to cosmology, and are intended to be both accessible to non-experts and thought-provoking to those with more specialized knowledge. Some of the ideas presented include the power of metaphor, the importance of sleep, the concept of "black swans," and the idea of "collective intelligence."
Title: This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
Author: John Brockman
Year of publication: 2013
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Length in hours: 12 hours and 7 minutes