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Books with author John Blackman

  • Nelson Spelling - Teacher's Guide

    John Jackman

    Paperback (Oxford University Press, Nov. 1, 2014)
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  • This Will Make You Smarter: 150 New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking

    John Brockman

    eBook (Harper Perennial, Feb. 14, 2012)
    Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant—but accessible—ideas to expand every mind. What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world’s most influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics, physics, sociology, and more. Surprising and enlightening, these insights will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the world.Contributors include: Daniel Kahneman on the “focusing illusion” Jonah Lehrer on controlling attention Richard Dawkins on experimentation Aubrey De Grey on conquering our fear of the unknown Martin Seligman on the ingredients of well-beingNicholas Carr on managing “cognitive load” Steven Pinker on win-win negotiating Daniel Goleman on understanding our connection to the natural worldMatt Ridley on tapping collective intelligence Lisa Randall on effective theorizing Brian Eno on “ecological vision” J. Craig Venter on the multiple possible origins of life Helen Fisher on temperament Sam Harris on the flow of thought Lawrence Krauss on living with uncertainty
  • Comprehension: Pupil Book 2

    John Jackman

    Paperback (Collins Educational, Jan. 1, 2011)
    Collins Primary Focus: Comprehension Pupil Book 2 is aimed at ages 8+. Using a variety of well-known authors, the book is designed to encourage children to read and understand every essential fiction and non-fiction text type. Follow-up activities progress from literal questions to higher order thinking skills.• Features significant authors from a range of eras including contemporary household names that children love to read• Includes every genre required by current literacy frameworks• Supports all ability levels with a progression through literal, deductive, evaluative and inferential questions• Engages all children with an updated design and new artwork to complement different texts
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  • This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking

    John Brockman

    Paperback (Harper Perennial, Feb. 14, 2012)
    Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant—but accessible—ideas to expand every mind. What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world’s most influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics, physics, sociology, and more. Surprising and enlightening, these insights will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the world.Contributors include: Daniel Kahneman on the “focusing illusion” Jonah Lehrer on controlling attention Richard Dawkins on experimentation Aubrey De Grey on conquering our fear of the unknown Martin Seligman on the ingredients of well-beingNicholas Carr on managing “cognitive load” Steven Pinker on win-win negotiating Daniel Goleman on understanding our connection to the natural worldMatt Ridley on tapping collective intelligence Lisa Randall on effective theorizing Brian Eno on “ecological vision” J. Craig Venter on the multiple possible origins of life Helen Fisher on temperament Sam Harris on the flow of thought Lawrence Krauss on living with uncertainty
  • Know This: Today's Most Interesting and Important Scientific Ideas, Discoveries, and Developments

    John Brockman

    Paperback (Harper Perennial, Feb. 7, 2017)
    Today's most visionary thinkers reveal the cutting-edge scientific ideas and breakthroughs you must understand.Scientific developments radically change and enlighten our understanding of the world -- whether it's advances in technology and medical research or the latest revelations of neuroscience, psychology, physics, economics, anthropology, climatology, or genetics. And yet amid the flood of information today, it's often difficult to recognize the truly revolutionary ideas that will have lasting impact. In the spirit of identifying the most significant new theories and discoveries, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website" -- The Guardian), asked 198 of the finest minds What do you consider the most interesting recent scientific news? What makes it important?Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond on the best way to understand complex problems * author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Carlo Rovelli on the mystery of black holes * Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker on the quantification of human progress * TED Talks curator Chris J. Anderson on the growth of the global brain * Harvard cosmologist Lisa Randall on the true measure of breakthrough discoveries * Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek on why the twenty-first century will be shaped by our mastery of the laws of matter * philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on the underestimation of female genius * music legend Peter Gabriel on tearing down the barriers between imagination and reality * Princeton physicist Freeman Dyson on the surprising ability of small (and cheap) upstarts to compete with billion-dollar projects. Plus Nobel laureate John C. Mather, Sun Microsystems cofounder Bill Joy, Wired founding editor Kevin Kelly, psychologist Alison Gopnik, Genome author Matt Ridley, Harvard geneticist George Church, Why Does the World Exist? author Jim Holt, anthropologist Helen Fisher, and more.
  • What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything

    John Brockman

    eBook (HarperCollins e-books, Jan. 6, 2009)
    Even geniuses change their minds sometimes.Edge (www.edge.org), the influential online intellectual salon, recently asked 150 high-powered thinkers to discuss their most telling missteps and reconsiderations: What have you changed your mind about? The answers are brilliant, eye-opening, fascinating, sometimes shocking, and certain to kick-start countless passionate debates.Steven Pinker on the future of human evolution • Richard Dawkins on the mysteries of courtship • SAM HARRIS on the indifference of Mother Nature • Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the irrelevance of probability • Chris Anderson on the reality of global warming • Alan Alda on the existence of God • Ray Kurzweil on the possibility of extraterrestrial life • Brian Eno on what it means to be a "revolutionary" • Helen Fisher on love, fidelity, and the viability of marriage • Irene Pepperberg on learning from parrots . . . and many others.
  • The Alphabet Lift-The-Flap Book

    John Blackman

    Board book (Wishing Well Books, March 1, 1993)
    An alphabet quiz in words and pictures to familiarize young children with letter shapes and sounds. With flaps to lift and questions to answer, clues to spot and surprises to find, John Blackman has created a book that can be enjoyed by all preschool children.
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  • What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything

    John Brockman

    Paperback (Harper Perennial, May 20, 2014)
    Even geniuses change their minds sometimes. Edge (www.edge.org), the influential online intellectual salon, recently asked 150 high-powered thinkers to discuss their most telling missteps and reconsiderations: What have you changed your mind about? The answers were brilliant, eye-opening, fascinating, sometimes shocking, and certain to kick-start countless passionate debates. Read Steven Pinker on the future of human evolution • Richard Dawkins on the mysteries of courtship • Sam Harris on the indifference of Mother Nature • Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the irrelevance of probability • Chris Anderson on the reality of global warming • Alan Alda on the existence of God • Lisa Randall on the secrets of the Sun • Ray Kurzweil on the possibility of extraterrestrial life • Brian Eno on what it means to be a "revolutionary" • Helen Fisher on love, fidelity, and the viability of marriage • Irene Pepperberg on learning from parrots. . . and many others.
  • Milk and its dreadful dangers but few know about: The facts about cow's milk. Important information for your health

    Black John

    eBook
    The ebook discusses about the dangers of cow's milk concealed during decades. And the advertisers never tell you about those dangers. In this book, scientists have done a lot of scientific research to prove that danger. And of course you deserve to know the facts about cow's milk in this book. Read, leave a comment and share with your friends about this super-essential e-book right away!
  • ABC

    John Blackman

    Hardcover (Treehouse Children's Books Ltd, )
    None
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas: A Picture Book with Flaps

    John Blackman

    Hardcover (Treehouse Children's Books, Jan. 1, 1993)
    None
  • The Counting Lift-The-Flap Book

    John Blackman

    Hardcover (Wishing Well Books, March 1, 1993)
    Book by Blackman, John