Future Science, Max Brockman’s latest collection of essays by frontier researchers, is both thrilling and bewildering
MAX BROCKMAN clearly has designs on the family business. While his literary agent father John represents many of the big beasts of science writing – the Richard Dawkinses and Steven Pinkers of this world – Max focuses on nurturing the stars of the future.
This collection of essays follows the blueprint of 2009’s What’s Next?, in which 19 young scientists had a crack – often a first crack – at popularising their work for a wider audience. But while that volume was deservedly well received (New Scientist,…
