Seed magazine brings together a unique gathering of prominent scientists, artists, novelists, philosophers + other thinkers who are tearing down the wall between science + culture.
We are on the cusp of a twenty-first-century scientific renaissance. Science is driving our culture and conversation unlike ever before, transforming the social, political, economic, aesthetic, and intellectual landscape of our time. Today, science is culture. As global issues?like energy and health?become increasingly interconnected, and as our curiosities?like how the mind works or why the universe is expanding?become more complex, we need a new way of looking at the world that blurs the lines between scientific disciplines and the borders between the sciences and the arts and humanities. In this spirit, the award-winning science magazine Seed has paired scientists with nonscientists to explore ideas of common interest to us all. This book is the result of these illuminating Seed Salon conversations, edited and with an introduction by Seedfounder and editor in chief Adam Bly. Science Is Culture includes:
E. O. Wilson + Daniel C. Dennet
Steven Pinker + Rebecca Goldstein
Noam Chomsky + Robert Trivers
David Byrne + Daniel Levitin
Jonathan Lethem + Janna Levin
Benoit Mandelbrot + Paola Antonelli
Lisa Randall + Chuck Hoberman
Michel Gondry + Robert Stickgold
Alan Lightman + Richard Colton
Laurie David + Stephen Schneider
Tom Wolfe + Michael Gazzaniga
Marc Hauser + Errol Morris
Introduction / Adam Bly -- 1. Evolutionary Philosophy / Edward O. Wilson, Daniel C. Dennett -- 2. The Problems of Consciousness / Rebecca Goldstein, Steven Pinker -- 3. Time / Alan Lightman, Richard Colton -- 4. On Design / Drew Endy, Stefan Sagmeister -- 5. Objectivity and the Image / Joan Fontcuberta, Ariel Ruiz i Altaba -- 6. Climate Politics / Laurie David, Stephen Schneider -- 7. War and Deceit / Noam Chomsky, Robert Trivers -- 8. On Dreams / Michel Gondry, Robert Stickgold -- 9. The Truth of Fiction / Janna Levin, Jonathan Lethem -- 10. On Music / Daniel Levitin, David Byrne -- 11. On Shape / Lisa Randall, Chuck Hoberman -- 12. On Artifacts / Michael Shanks, Lynn Hershman Leeson -- 13. Who Makes Science? / Lawrence Krauss, Natalie Jeremijenko -- 14. What Is Human? / Will Self, Spencer Wells -- 15. Fractal Architecture / Benoit Mandelbrot, Paola Antonelli -- 16. Morality / Marc Hauser, Errol Morris -- 17. Free Will / Tom Wolfe, Michael Gazzaniga -- 18. Evolution, Creativity, and F...uture Life / Jill Tarter, Will Wright -- 19. Complex Networks, Feedback Loops, and the Cities of the Future / Carlo Ratti, Steven Strogatz -- 20. Social Networks / Albert-LAszlO BarabAsi, James Fowler -- 21. The Physics of Infinity / Paul Steinhardt, Peter Galison -- 22. Smarter Infrastructure / Thomas E. Lovejoy, Mitchell Joachim -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Seed Magazine/ Bly, Adam [Àú]
Adam Bly is the founder and editor-in-chief of Seed Magazine and CEO of Seed Media Group. In 2001, Bly began Seed Magazine, which has been featured in the New York Times, CNN, NPR, ABC News, Wall Street Journal Online, and the Toronto Globe & Mail, among other publications. In 2007, Bly was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. A native of Montreal, Bly studied at McGill University and currently resides in New York City.