2026 Reading Challenge

Edge Question Series

13 primary works • 13 total works
From https://www.edge.org
To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves.
What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
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3.65 · 1851 Ratings · 146 Reviews · published 2005 · 26 editions
More than one hundred of the world's leading think…

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    What Is Your Dangerous Idea?: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable
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    3.70     · 1035 Ratings · 94 Reviews · published 2006 · 14 editions
    Düşünülmeyeni Düşünen Günümüzün Önde Gelen Düşünür…

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    What Are You Optimistic About?: Today's Leading Thinkers on Why Things Are Good and Getting Better – 150+ World-Class Minds on Humanity's Tomorrow
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    3.64     · 360 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 2007 · 21 editions
    The nightly news and conventional wisdom tell us t…

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    What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything – 150 Influential Thinkers on God, Love, and Evolution
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    3.69     · 359 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 2009 · 12 editions
    Even geniuses change their minds sometimes. Edge (…

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    This Will Change Everything: Ideas That Will Shape the Future
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    3.72     · 758 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 2009 · 9 editions
    “ This Will Change Everything offers seemingly rad…

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    Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?: The Net's Impact on Our Minds and Future – A Brilliant Essential Guide from 150 Influential Voices
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    3.55     · 445 Ratings · 56 Reviews · published 2011 · 13 editions
    Steven Pinker, Richard Dawkins, Chris Anderson, Na…

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    This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
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    3.79     · 7079 Ratings · 388 Reviews · published 2012 · 30 editions
    Featuring a foreword by David Brooks,  This Will M…

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    This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works
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    3.66     · 2839 Ratings · 280 Reviews · published 2013 · 25 editions

    In This Explains Everything, John Brockman, founde…

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    What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night
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    3.45     · 1279 Ratings · 165 Reviews · published 2014 · 19 editions
    Drawing from the horizons of science, today's lead…

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    This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress
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    3.51     · 1348 Ratings · 189 Reviews · published 2015 · 20 editions
    Reporting from the cutting edge of scientific disc…

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    What to Think About Machines That Think: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence – Essays on Artificial Intelligence and Human Destiny
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    3.38     · 570 Ratings · 90 Reviews · published 2015 · 16 editions
    As the world becomes ever more dominated by techno…

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    Know This: Today's Most Interesting and Important Scientific Ideas, Discoveries, and Developments – Pulitzer and Nobel Prize Winners from Edge.org
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    3.58     · 627 Ratings · 96 Reviews · published 2017 · 13 editions
    The latest volume in the bestselling series from E…

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    This Idea Is Brilliant: Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know
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    3.83     · 657 Ratings · 84 Reviews · published 2018 · 6 editions
    The latest volume in the bestselling series from E…

    Shelve This Idea Is Brilliant: Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know

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