Expand your mind with John Brockman's 'This Idea Is Brilliant'

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, or so the saying goes. If we are to take such warnings literally then the latest in an increasingly long list of books edited by John Brockman should be handled with care. But if science teaches us anything it is to question everything and to take trite adages and metaphors with a grain of salt.

The books are a part of a series that compiles essays from Edge.org – sometimes dubbed “the world’s smartest website” – that Brockman launched in 1996 and where he asks top academics and popular thinkers to write about a given theme by posing a question.