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Der Genie-Test: Wirklich schwieriges Wissen wirklich einfach erklärt

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"Der Genie-Test", das ist Pop-Science, die einfach wirklich Spaß macht. Von Artifizieller Intelligenz über Ontologie bis zur Unendlichkeit – Autor Giles Sparrow führt seine Leser auf eine Reise kreuz und quer durch die Wissenschaften. Und nicht nur das: Mit geradezu genialen Testfragen lädt dieses Buch dazu ein, das eigene Wissen spielerisch zu erweitern.

Die Wissenschaften sind irrsinnig komplex und – Hand aufs Herz – wer weiß schon wirklich, was das Higgs Boson ist, ob wir einen freien Willen haben und wie das menschliche Genom aufgebaut ist? Giles Sparrow, Autor und Wissens-Enthusiast, schafft Abhilfe. Unterhaltsam und faktenreich beantwortet er die kompliziertesten Fragen unserer Zeit. Doch nicht nur das: Mit vertrackten Testfragen können Sie sich selbst herausfordern und werden so spielend zum Genie oder doch zumindest genial clever. Und für angehende Genies, die es besonders eilig haben, findet sich die Essenz eines Kapitels in der "Kurzzusammenfassung für Hochstapler". Eines ist sicher, dieses Buch kitzelt Ihr Gehirn und gibt wirklich wissenschaftliche Auskünfte über die 50 kompliziertesten Themen wie: den Gödelschen Unvollständigkeitssatz; die Postmoderne; Keynesianismus; Semiotik und Strukturalismus; Schrödingers Katze; DNA; Dekonstruktion; das Leib-Seele-Problem; die Supersymmetrische Stringtheorie; den Big Bang, Schwarze Löcher und viele mehr.

273 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 26, 2018

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Author 16 books40 followers
November 4, 2017
A number of different idea / theories are presented in this book.

Some of the ideas featured are interesting but overall I found this book too dry / academic plus the idea of ‘knowing a few ideas making you a genius’ left me cold.
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March 16, 2018
I bought this book together with "30 Second Maths" from a store in Cambridge. Onstensibly, I was at the time drawn to compressed bundles of facts. "The Genius Test" is exactly this, but little more. While I feel vaguely disappointed, I had approached the book with much skepticism so it is not really a letdown.

Every topic is covered in 4 pages, and includes a short priming quote, a paragraph summary plus author commentary, 10 "things", more in-depth quotes, 5 True-False questions, and a final "bluffer's" summary. I am very slightly on the side of being satisfied by the structure, and do give the author credit for extracting the essence out of a wide breadth of topics effectively. I also appreciate how the 10 extended facts often lead into each other, forming narratives.

At first, I was a little dismayed at how the questions are not always answerable given only the other information written, but eventually came to view them as extra facts. Also, I grew to enjoy the ways they would try to be tricky, even if at first I found these tricks cheap.

One thing that dampened my experience was the presence of a couple noticeable typographical errors (in a hard-copy). Another was the somewhat patronizing tone to the writing.

I got the most out of the sections on art, economics and politics, while finding most of the other sections to be review for me. Of course, since this book contains many assertions without evidence, I will hold any new knowledge weakly.
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