Is the Universe a Hologram? by Adolfo Plasencia - ISBN: 9780262535250
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Questions about the physical world, the mind, and technology in conversations that reveal a rich seam of interacting ideas.

Is the Universe a Hologram?

Scientists Answer the Most Provocative Questions

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    432 pages

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    9 March 2018

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Summary

Questions about the physical world, the mind, and technology in conversations that reveal a rich seam of interacting ideas.

Science today is more a process of collaboration than moments of individual “eurekas.” This book recreates that kind of synergy by offering a series of interconnected dialogues with leading scientists who are asked to reflect on key questions and concepts about the physical world, technology, and the mind. These thinkers offer both specific observations and broad…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262535250
ISBN-10:0262535254
Author:Adolfo Plasencia
Publisher:Mit Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:9 March 2018
Weight:538g
Dimensions:143mm x 222mm
Series:Is The Universe A Hologram?
Audience Age:18
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About The Author

Adolfo Plasencia

Adolfo Plasencia, a blogger, writer, and columnist on science and technology, hosted the Spanish television program Tecnopolis for more than six years. With his colleague Douglas Morgenstern, he cofounded the MITUPV Exchange, a joint initiative of MIT and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). Henry Jenkins is Provost’s Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. He is the coeditor of From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games (MIT Press, 1998). Hal Abelson is Class of 1922 Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a fellow of the IEEE. He is a founding director of Creative Commons, Public Knowledge, and theFree Software Foundation. Additionally, he serves as co-chair for the MIT Council on Educational Technology. Alvaro Pascual-Leone is Director of Research at the Behavioral Neurology Unit of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Paul Osterman is Professor of Human Resources and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the coeditor of Working in America: A Blueprint for the New Labor Market. Howard Rheingold, an influential writer and thinker on social media, is the author of Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology, The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier (both published by the MIT Press), and Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution.

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