Abstract
JOHN BROCKMAN, ED. Science is the incremental process of making hypotheses and then testing and retesting them until they're disproved or adequately accepted to be the foundation of further hypotheses. However, a lot of what is deemed certain about the universe and our place in it has its origin sciE ' in leaps of faith, sudden intuitive conF~_ nections, and even prophetic dreams, writes Brockman, who is president of a science-advocacy organization called the Edge Foundation. Guesswork and scientific revelation often go hand in hand, according to the editor. This book asks more than 100 leading scientists, What do you believe but cannot prove? Answers come from such luminaries as physicist and Nobel laureate Leon Lederman, evolutionary biologist and author Jared Diamond, physics professor Freeman Dyson, and psychologist Steven Pinker. The thought-provoking responses to Brockman's question offer a tantalizing glimpse into the future of human inquiry. HarperCollins, 2006, 252 p., paperback, $13.95.
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