Books with Big Ideas
From Newton to Einstein to quantum physicists today, Smolin writes, "I believe--as strongly as one can believe anything in science--that they're wrong."
How can we train our brains to think like Sherlock Holmes? We need to develop the core skill of mindfulness.
The amygdala is a part of the brain that plays a key role in processing emotions. How does the amygdala function differently in a psychopath's brain from that of a normal person?
Hitchens finds time to joke, to be scared and weak, and to attack belief in prayer on its own terms.
Today we're pleased to announce our second Big Think Book of the Month, the dazzlingly ambitious Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism, out May 22, 2012 from Verso Books. Slavoj...
You should treat your life as if it were a start-up business.