The Universe_Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos
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[1] Actually, there was a big “coincidence” that Newtonian gravity left unexplained: the equality of inertial and gravitational mass, which was an important guiding clue.
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The publisher of the influential online science salon Edge.org, JOHN BROCKMAN is the editor of Thinking, This Explains Everything, This Will Make You Smarter, and What Should We Be Worried About? He founded the literary agency Brockman Inc. and lives in New York City.
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Afterwords
The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution
Digerati
AS EDITOR:
About Bateson
Speculations
Doing Science
Ways of Knowing
Creativity
The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2,000 Years
The Next Fifty Years
The New Humanists
Curious Minds
What We Believe but Cannot Prove
My Einstein
Intelligent Thought
What Is Your Dangerous Idea?
What Are You Optimistic About?
What Have You Changed Your Mind About?
This Will Change Everything
Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?
The Mind
Culture
This Will Make You Smarter
This Explains Everything
What Should We Be Worried About?
Thinking
AS COEDITOR:
How Things Are (with Katinka Matson)
Credits
Cover design by Milan Bozic
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1 Actually, there was a big “coincidence” that Newtonian gravity left unexplained: the equality of inertial and gravitational mass, which was an important guiding clue.