Analogy is the essential component of all thinking—this is the simple but unorthodox premise that Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander defend in this brilliant, lucid, and detailed exploration of ... (Read More)
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The six personal, introspective essays here guide readers through a wealth of natural medical phenomena—both the everyday and the monstrously irregular—and conduct us from an instinctive, perhaps ... (Read More)
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What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of the online science salon Edge.org, posed to such scientists and thinkers as ... (Read More)
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Among the countless traits and behaviors that separate us from the rest of the animal kingdom, says science writer Chip Walter, six stand out—our big toe, opposable thumb, oddly shaped pharynx, and ... (Read More)
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Americans have come to expect supermarket produce sections to carry an abundant, year-round supply of perfectly round, bright red tomatoes. But in this intelligent expansion of his James Beard ... (Read More)
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No one can avoid gray hair and wrinkles, notes Eric Braverman, professor of integrative medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College—but what about preventing the brain from aging? Here Braverman offers ... (Read More)
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