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Who's your caddy? [videorecording] / by Eberts, Christopher,; Edmonds, Tracey E.producer; Jam, Kia,producer; Rifkin, Arnold; Paul, Don Michael,screenwriter; Allenstein, Bradley,screenwriter; Henny, Robert,screenwriter; Partridge, Mick,actor; Big Boi(Musician)actor(CARDINAL)357125; Love, Faizon,actor; Shepherd, Sherri,actor; Mitchell, Finesse,1972-actor(CARDINAL)485923; Tatum, Chase,actor; Jones, Jeffrey,1947-actor(CARDINAL)847763; Piddock, Jim,actor; Lemole, Samantha,actor; Sherry, Todd,actor; Ward, Susan,1976-actor; Ascendant Pictures (Firm); Cheyenne Enterprises (Firm); Dimension Films (1990- )(CARDINAL)786165; Eleven Eleven Films.; Our Stories Films.; Weinstein Company.(CARDINAL)340085;
Director of photography, Thomas L. Callaway ; editor, Vanick Moradian ; music, Jon Lee ; costume designer, Jayme Bohn ; production designer, Paul Luther Jackson.Mick Partridge, Antwan Andre Patton, Faizon Love, Sherri Shepherd, Finesse Mitchell, Chase Tatum, Jeffrey Jones, Jim Piddock, Samantha Lemole, Todd Sherry, Susan Ward.A rap mogul from Atlanta tries to join a conservative country club, and runs into fierce opposition from its buttoned-down president. Now he and his friends will stop at nothing to force themselves in.MPAA rating: PG-13 - crude and sexual content, some nudity, language and drug materialDVD; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Feature films.; Comedy films.; Country clubs; Golf courses; African American businesspeople; Race discrimination;
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Woodlawn [videorecording] : the true story / by Astin, Sean,actor.(CARDINAL)747669; Bishop, Nicholas,1973-actor.; Castille, Caleb,1991-actor.; Downes, Kevin,1972-film producer.(CARDINAL)614763; Erwin, Andrew,editor of moving image work.(CARDINAL)553397; Erwin, Andrew,film director.(CARDINAL)553397; Erwin, Jonathan D.film director,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)553398; Kimlin, Kristopher S.director of photography.(CARDINAL)789842; Lefever, Daryl C.film producer.(CARDINAL)409889; McCorkle, Brent,editor of moving image work.(CARDINAL)604888; Mills, Paul,composer (expression); Peeples, Quinton,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)815148; Shepherd, Sherri,1967-actor.(CARDINAL)495425; Voight, Jon,1938-actor.(CARDINAL)348261; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Gerelds, Todd(Thomas Todd).Woodlawn.; Provident Films,presenter.(CARDINAL)788041; Pure Flix Entertainment,presenter.(CARDINAL)344921; Universal Pictures (Firm)publisher.(CARDINAL)318695;
Music, Paul Mills ; editor, Brent McCorkle, Andrew Erwin ; director of photography, Kristopher S. Kimlin.Sean Astin, Nic Bishop, Caleb Castille, Sherri Shepherd, Jon Voight.In 1973, a spiritual awakening captured the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School football team, including its coach Tandy Gerelds. Their dedication to love and unity in a school filled with racism and hate leads to the largest high school football game ever played in the torn city of Birmingham, Alabama, and the rise of its first African American superstar, Tony Nathan.MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements including some racial tension/violence.DVD, NTSC, region 1, dual layer; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Christian films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Film adaptations.; Historical films.; Sports films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Gerelds, Tandy; Nathan, Tony, 1956-; Woodlawn High School (Birmingham, Ala.); Football players; High school athletes; Racism; School integration; Segregation;
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Woodlawn [videorecording] / by Alexander, Harry,actor.; Astin, Sean,actor.(CARDINAL)747669; Bishop, Nic,actor.; Castille, Caleb,actor.; Downes, Kevin,1972-film producer.(CARDINAL)614763; Erwin, Andrew,film director,editor of moving image work.(CARDINAL)553397; Erwin, Jon,film director,screenwriter.; Hinkle, Jaymes,production designer.; Kimlin, Kristopher S.,director of photography.(CARDINAL)789842; Lefever, Daryl,film producer.; McCorkle, Brent,editor of moving image work.(CARDINAL)604888; Mills, Paul,composer.; Peeples, Quinton,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)815148; Redmon, Anna,costume designer.; Shepherd, Sherri,actor.; Voight, Jon,1938-actor.(CARDINAL)348261; Pure Flix Entertainment,presenter.(CARDINAL)344921; Universal Studios (Firm),film publisher.;
In 1973, a spiritual awakening captured the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School football team, including its coach Tandy Gerelds. Their dedication to love and unity, in a school filled with racism and hate, leads to the largest high school football game ever played in the torn city of Birmingham, Alabama, and the rise of its first African American superstar, Tony Nathan.MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements including some racial tension/violence.Blu-ray
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Film adaptations.; Historical films.; Sports films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Gerelds, Tandy; Nathan, Tony, 1956-; Woodlawn High School (Birmingham, Ala.); Blu-ray discs.; Football players; High school athletes; Racism; School integration; Segregation;
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Woodlawn [videorecording] / by Erwin, Jonathan D.,film director,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)553398; Erwin, Andrew,film director,editor of moving image work.(CARDINAL)553397; Peeples, Quinton,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)815148; Downes, Kevin,1972-film producer.(CARDINAL)614763; Lefever, Daryl,film producer.; Voight, Jon,1938-actor.(CARDINAL)348261; Castille, Caleb,1991-actor.; Astin, Sean,actor.(CARDINAL)747669; Alexander, Harry,actor.; Bishop, Nic,actor.; Shepherd, Sherri,1967-actor.(CARDINAL)495425; Redmon, Anna,costume designer.; Mills, Paul,composer.; McCorkle, Brent,editor of moving image work.(CARDINAL)604888; Hinkle, Jaymes,production designer.; Kimlin, Kristopher S.,cinematographer.(CARDINAL)789842; Pure Flix Entertainment,presenter.(CARDINAL)344921; Universal City Studios,film publisher.(CARDINAL)732617;
In 1973, a spiritual awakening captured the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School football team, including its coach Tandy Gerelds. Their dedication to love and unity, in a school filled with racism and hate, leads to the largest high school football game ever played in the torn city of Birmingham, Alabama, and the rise of its first African American superstar, Tony Nathan.MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements including some racial tension/violence.DVD, NTSC, region 1, dual layer, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Film adaptations.; Fiction films.; Biographical films.; Sports films.; Historical films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Drama.; Gerelds, Tandy; Nathan, Tony, 1956-; Woodlawn High School (Birmingham, Ala.); High school athletes; Football players; Racism; Segregation; School integration; DVDs.;
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Croc ; Sea beast ; Shark swarm [videorecording] / by Abraham, F. Murrayactor(CARDINAL)341271; Assante, Armandactor; Chernov, Matthewscreenwriter; Clark, Kyleproducer; Contner, James A.director; Elman, Neilscreenwriter; Hannah, Darylactor(CARDINAL)836278; Hartley, Breanneproducer; Hazell, Scottactor; Healey, Elizabethactor(CARDINAL)347003; Madsen, Michaelactor; McDonald, Miriamactor; Nemec, Corinactor(CARDINAL)784695; Niver, Stephenproducer; Phungprasert, Sherryactor; Raffill, Stewartdirector; Rosiak, Davidscreenwriter; Salomon, Charlesproducer; Schneider, Johnactor; Solarz, Kenscreenwriter; Stait, Brentactor; Sullivan, Camilleactor; Tuinstra, Peteractor; Walsh, Gwynythactor; Wisler, Daniel Jamesactor; Ziller, Paulscreenwriterdirector; Insight Film Studios; RHI Entertainment, Inc.(CARDINAL)340739; Vivendi Entertainment (Firm);
Croc: RHI Entertainment ; produced by Charles Salomon ; directed by Stewart Raffill ; screenplay by Ken Solarz ; edited by Kant Pan, Laurie McDowell ; music by Mark Ryder and Charles Olins ; director of photography, Choochat Nantitanyatada. Sea beast: An Insight Film Studios production in association with Cinetel Films ; producer, Breanne Hartley ; written by Neil Elman and Paul Ziller ; directed by Paul Ziller ; director of photography, Mahlon Todd Williams ; edited by Gordon Williams ; music by Chuck Cirino. Shark swarm: RHI Entertainment presents a Silverstar Limited production in association with Larry Levinson Productions ; produced by Kyle Clark, Stephen Niver ; written by David Rosiak & Matthew Chernov ; directed by James A. Contner ; director of photography, Dane Peterson ; editor, Craig Bassett ; music, Nathan Furst.Croc: Michael Madsen, Peter Tuinstra, Sherry Phungprasert, Elizabeth Healey, Scott Hazell.Sea beast: Corin Nemec, Miriam McDonald, Daniel James Wisler, Camille Sullivan, Gwynyth Walsh, Brent Stait.Shark swarm: John Schneider, Daryl Hannah, Armand Assante, F. Murray Abraham.Croc: On the outskirts of a beach resort in Thailand, a killer crocodile is on the loose. Locals are missing and body parts are bobbing in the swamps. With a five thousand dollar reward offered for the capture of the beast, croc hunter Hawkins is the first man on the job. But as the body count rises and jungle screams fill the air, Hawkins soon learns that this is no ordinary beast and he's in for the fight of his life. Sea beast: Mysterious. Unstoppable. Insatiable. A mythic force from the darkest ocean depths has suddenly been unleashed - on land. No longer content to feed on sea life, the creatures now stalk this sleepy bay village to feast on human flesh. Shark swarm: When people go missing in the coastal town of Full Moon Bay, fisherman Daniel Wilder discovers a swarm of mutant great white sharks, forty strong, cutting through the waters with one horrifying purpose - to kill.Not ratedDVD, widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital 5.0.
Subjects: Made-for-TV movies.; Monster films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Crocodiles; Sea monsters; Shark attacks;
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The magnificent Yankee / by Sturges, John,1910-1992,https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdMhwrxfp44kHCWtTTmBPDirector(DLC)n 96036953 ; Deutsch, Armand,https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJppvWc8p8Cr4FhHCdbmVCProducer(DLC)n 90712766 ; Lavery, Emmet,1902-1986,https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpYpGFTTkrPVJ7Xp94Xh3ProducerAuthor(DLC)n 82101216 ; Calhern, Louis,1895-1956,https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdcBMdJyyXKkMJWRKKyBPActor(DLC)n 85376581 ; Harding, Ann,1902-1981,https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJy49DQ9MjHXwtJXdGPPcPActor(DLC)n 87896473 ; Raksin, David,Musical director(DLC)n 85199764 ; Green, Bernard,1908-1975,https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjrpjxdJjvBMYVQhmq8qKmConductorMusical director(DLC)n 85327139 ; Clymer, Warren.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjCKtKpH7643tbGQFXvpMX(DLC)n 85327182 ; Taylor, Noel,1913-2010.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJt3VJ6p7cMYhBY4PWrQbd(DLC)n 85327183 ; Blaney, James.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjKF9yGvt3vFbpfGvkBJKq(DLC)n 87916749 ; Weill, Frank.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjDRrYCCBFGwKBr6V6W6mm(DLC)n 87860129 ; O'Bradovich, Bob.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjD79TkwHcJHBBfKrjcqXq(DLC)n 87916787 ; Grimaldi, Robert.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjDgxDxmByr9XY4XK99HJC(DLC)n 87916762 ; Wynn, Gordon R.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjM8t6jKThfd3v7PwPTk8P(DLC)n 85273940 ; Friend, John E.(John Edward)https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjrGvqJ47mry4qbh7fDRmm(DLC)n 88100699 ; Lunt, Alfred.(DLC)n 85369181 ; Fontanne, Lynn.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJt8jfQQJPbb6DDrwfxFKd(DLC)n 85369182 ; Franz, Eduard,1902-1983,https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJj8WgBwjrfK97wHCVQg8CActor(DLC)n 88100639 ; Emhardt, Robert,1914-1994.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJymFxxHTthjkgffrXCqQq(DLC)n 88100640 ; Daly, James,1918-1978.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJwtrkpVkmvb4FbfcCVBfq(DLC)n 85327101 ; Lavery, Emmet,1902-1986,https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpYpGFTTkrPVJ7Xp94Xh3ProducerAuthor(DLC)n 82101216 ; Hartung, Robert,https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjxmhVRdr7Bx4mD6jMKgqPProducer(DLC)n 85199190 ; Schaefer, George,1920-1997.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyxgcVcM3yMVD6pdHxv73(DLC)n 85199201 ; Lavery, Emmet,1902-1986.Magnificent Yankee.ProducerAuthor(DLC)n 82101216 ; Lavery, Emmet,1902-1986,producerauthor(local)tlcaut1742317149360264111; Biddle, Francis,1886-1968,producerauthor(local)tlcaut1742317155056390935; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.(DLC)n 80015727 ; Turner Entertainment Co.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QQPVp7Yj4YW83DTCMG7K7TR(DLC)n 88034562 ; Warner Bros. Entertainment,Distributor(DLC)n 2004008760; Warner Home Video (Firm),https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QQPVp7Xgq7hk3RjcqgQddp6Distributor(DLC)no 95005960 ;
Music, David Raksin ; director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; editor, Ferris Webster ; music conducted by Bernard Green; settings, Warren Clymer; costumes, Noel Taylor; lighting, Philip Hymes; audio, James Blaney; video, Arnold Dick; video tape editor, Frank Weill; makeup, Bob O'Bradovich; hair stylist, Robert Grimaldi; stage managers, Sam Kirshman, Paul Lipson; production assistant, Joyce Meckler; graphic arts, Stas Pyka; associate director, Adrienne Luraschi; technical director, O. Tamburri; unit manager, Bruce Bassett; for Compass Productions, Inc., Sybil Trubin, Joan H. Frank, Gordon R. Wynne, Jr., John E. Friend; associate producer, Robert Hartung.Edith Evanson (Annie Gough); James Lydon (Clinton); Richard Anderson (Reynolds); Guy Anderson (Baxter); Ian Wolf (Adams); Philip Ober (Owen Wister); Eduard Franz (Louis Brandeis); Ann Harding (Fanny Bowditch Holmes); Louis Calhern (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., the Magnificent Yankee); Robert Sherwood (Drake); Hugh Sanders (Parker); Harlan Warde (Norton); Charles Evans (Chief Justice Fuller); John R. Hamilton (Justice White); Dan Tobin (Dixon); Robert E. Griffin (court crier); Stapleton Kent (clerk of court); Robert Malcolm (marshall); Everett Glass (Justice Peckman); Hayden Rorke (Graham); Marshall Bradford (headwaiter); Holmes Herbert (Justice McKenna); Selmer Jackson, William Johnstone (lawyers); George Spaulding (Justice Hughes); Todd Karns, Robert Board, Wilson Wood, James Horne, Gerald Pierce, Lyle Clark, David Alpert, Tommy Kelly, Bret Hamilton, Jim Drum (secretaries); David McMahon (workman); Freeman Lusk (announcer); Fred Gillman (driver); Sherry Hall, Jack Gargan, Dick Cogan, Tony Merrill (reporters); Wheaton Chambers, Gayne Whitman (senators).Dramatizes the life of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, from his appointment to the Supreme Court by Theodore Roosevelt, through the administrations of Taft, Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, with particular focus on the love between Holmes and his wife Fanny, and their relationships with their many "sons," Holmes' law students.DVD-R, NTSC; mono.; Dolby digital; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Subjects: Biographies.; Drama.; Fiction films.; Films biographiques.; Adaptations cinématographiques.; Films de fiction.; Based on the book.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935; Holmes, Fanny Bowditch Dixwell, 1840-1929; Wister, Owen, 1860-1938; Lavery, Emmet, 1902-1986; Holmes, Fanny Bowditch Dixwell 1840-1929; Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr., 1841-1935; Lavery, Emmet 1902-1986.; Wister, Owen 1860-1938; Judges; Judges;
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Heroes of the Bible [videorecording] : 5-movie collection / by Macdonald, Brucefilm directorfilm producer; Sabloff, Gabrielfilm director; Smith, Zachary Warrenscreenwriter; Baumgardner, Jasonscreenwriter; Gilbert, Galenscreenwriter; Ratajczak, Timothyscreenwriter; White, David A. R.film producer(CARDINAL)344936; Scott, Michaelfilm producer(CARDINAL)716863; Travis, Elizabethfilm producer(CARDINAL)811529; Wolfe, Alysounfilm producer(CARDINAL)344934; Gordon, Vlokkiefilm producer; Jones, Craigfilm producer(CARDINAL)718704; Yost, Brittanyfilm producer(CARDINAL)344932; Rathbone, Jackson,1984-actor; Zane, Billyactor(CARDINAL)785765; James, Taylor,1980-actor(CARDINAL)850268; Hauer, Rutger,1944-actor; Wagner, Lindsayactor(CARDINAL)757110; Leahy, Caitlin,1988-actor; Zielinski, Anna,1974-film director; Solomon, Caryscreenwriter; Konzelman, Chuckscreenwriter; Henriksen, Lance,1940-actor(CARDINAL)529475; Bongiorno, Andrewactor; Marchiano, Bruceactor(CARDINAL)643098; Fuller, Laurence,1986-actor; Loggia, Robertactor; Miano, Robertactor; Penghlis, Thaaoactor; Smallbone, Joelactor(CARDINAL)416041; Lilley, Jenactor; B-Still Motion Pictures LLCproduction company; Boomtown Filmspresenter; Pure Flix Entertainmentpresenterproduction companypublisher(CARDINAL)344921; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)distributor(CARDINAL)340102;
Apostle Peter and the Last Supper: Casting by Billy Damota ; music by Will Musser ; director of photography, Todd Barron ; edited by Vance Null, Gabriel Sabloff.Samson: Music composed by Will Musser ; costume design, Dihantus Engelbrecht ; edited by Tim Goodwin, Gabriel Sabloff and Vance Null ; director of photography, Trevor Michael Brown, Brian Shanley.The Book of Daniel: Casting by Dea Vise ; music by Will Musser ; director of photography, Ricardo Jacques Gale ; edited by Gabriel Sabloff ; production designer, Steve Ochoa.The Book of Esther: Costume designer, Cami Nemanich ; sound design, Greg Miller ; original music by Will Musser ; production designer, Steve Ochoa ; edited by Sean Paul Murphy ; director of photography, Darren Rydstrom.The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith: Director of photography, Dave Selle ; edited by Stephen Patrick Walker.Apostle Peter and the Last Supper: Bruce Marchiano, Laurence Fuller, Robert Loggia, Ryan Alosio.Samson: Jackson Rathbone, Billy Zane, Taylor James, Rutger Hauer, Lindsay Wagner, Caitlin Leahy, Frances Sholto-Douglas, Greg Kriek.The Book of Daniel: Lance Henriksen, Robert Miano, Kevin McCorkle, Andrew Bongiorno, Rolf Saxon.The Book of Esther: Robert Miano, Thaao Penghlis, Joel Smallbone, Jen Lilley.The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith: Sherri Morris, Carman, Eleese Lester.Apostle Peter and the Last Supper (2012, 88 minutes, Not rated): Two Jailers at the ancient Mamertine Prison take custody of Simon Peter of Galilee--apostle, disciple, and personal friend of Jesus, also called The Christ. Condemned to death, the elderly Peter (Robert Loggia) recounts his life as a simple fisherman who became one of the boldest figures in all of Christianity.Samson (2018, 110 minutes, PG-13): Samson, empowered by God with supernatural strength, endangers his destiny with impulsive decisions that lead to betrayal by a wicked prince and a beautiful temptress. When Samson calls on his God once more, he turns imprisonment and blindness into final victory.The Book of Daniel (2013, 88 minutes, Not rated): Taken into slavery after the fall of Jerusalem in 605 B.C., Daniel (Robert Miano) is forced to serve the most powerful king in the world, King Nebuchadnezzar. With his life at stake, Daniel has nothing but his faith to stand between him and the lions' den.The Book of Esther (2013, 92 minutes, Not rated): The righteous Jew Mordecai and the despicable Haman square off for control of the young Persian King Xerxes. It is up to Mordecai's niece Esther to win the affection of the King, unmask Haman's treachery and save the Jewish people.The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith (2009, 91 minutes, Not rated): A Biblical Cinderella story from the archives of the royal Jewish bloodline, this story reveals the redemption of their inheritance through the child Obed, who was the grandfather of King David.Rated: PG-13; for violence and battle sequences.DVD, NTSC, region 1, all regions, anamorphic widescreen (2.39:1 ; 1.78:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, English DVS 2.0.
Subjects: Drama.; Made-for-TV movies.; Religious television programs.; Television programs.; Bible television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Samson (Biblical judge); Daniel (Biblical figure); Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia, -562 B.C.; Esther, Queen of Persia; Mordecai (Biblical figure); Ruth (Biblical figure); Peter, the Apostle, Saint; Bible.; Bible.; Jews;
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This idea must die : scientific theories that are blocking progress / by Brockman, John,1941-editor.(CARDINAL)282534;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-547) and index.The theory of everything / Geoffrey West -- Unification / Marcelo Gleiser -- Simplicity / A.C. Grayling -- The universe / Seth Lloyd -- IQ / Scott Atran -- Brain plasticity / Leo M. Chalupa -- Changing the brain / Howard Gardner -- "The rocket scientist" / Victoria Wyatt -- Indivi-duality / Nigel Goldenfeld -- The bigger an animal's brain, the greater its intelligence / Nicholas Humphrey -- The big bang was the first moment of time / Lee Smolin -- The universe began in a state of extraordinarily low entropy / Alan Guth -- Entropy / Bruce Parker -- The uniformity and uniqueness of the universe / Andrei Linde -- Infinity / Max Tegmark -- The laws of physics are predetermined / Lawrence M. Krauss -- Theories of anything / Paul Steinhardt -- M-theory/string theory is the only game in town / Eric R. Weinstein -- String theory / Frank Tipler -- Our world has only three space dimensions / Gordon Kane -- The "naturalness" argument / Peter Woit -- The collapse of the wave function / Freeman Dyson -- Quantum jumps / David Deutsch -- Cause and effect / W. Daniel Hillis -- Race / Nina Jablonski -- Essentialism / Richard Dawkins -- Human nature/ Peter Richerson -- The Urvogel / Julia Clarke -- Numbering nature / Kurt Gray -- Hardwired=permanent / Michael Shermer -- The atheism prerequisite / Douglas Rushkoff -- Evolution is "true" / Roger Highfield -- There is no reality in the quantum world / Anton Zeilinger -- Spacetime / Steve Giddings -- The universe / Amanda Gefter -- The Higgs particle closes a chapter in particle physics / Haim Harari -- Aesthetic motivation / Sarah Demers -- Naturalness, hierarchy, and spacetime / Maria Spiropulu -- Scientists ought to know everthing scientifically knowable / Ed Regis -- Falsifiability / Sean Carroll -- Anti-anecdotalism / Nicholas G. Carr -- Science makes philosophy obsolete / Rebecca Newberger Goldstein -- "Science" / Ian Bogost -- Our narrow definition of "science" / Sam Harris -- The hard problem / Daniel C. Dennett -- The neural correlates of consciousness / Susan Blackmore -- Long-term memory is immutable / Todd C. Sacktor -- The self / Bruce Hood -- Cognitive agency / Thomas Metzinger -- Free will / Jerry Coyne -- Common sense / Robert Provine -- There can be no science of art / Jonathan Gottschall -- Science and technology / George Dyson -- Things are either true or false / Alan Alda -- Simple answers / Gavin Schmidt -- We'll never hit barriers to scientific understanding / Martin Rees -- Life evolves via a shared genetic toolkit / Seirian Sumner -- Fully random mutations / Kevin Kelly -- One genome per individual / Eric J. Topol -- Nature versus nurture / Timo Hannay -- The particularist use of "a" gene-environment interaction / Robert Sapolsky -- Natrual selection is the only engine of evolution / Athena Vouloumanos -- Behavior = genes + environment / Steven Pinker -- Innateness / Alison Gopnik -- Moral blank-slateism / Kiley Hamlin -- Associationism / Oliver Scott Curry -- Radical behaviorism / Simon Baron-Cohen -- "Instinct" and "innate" / Daniel L. Everett -- Altruism / Tor Nørretranders -- The altruism hierarchy / Jamil Zaki -- Humans are by nature social animals / Adam Waytz -- Evidence-based medicine / Gary Klein --Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder / David M. Buss -- Romantic love and addiction / Helen Fisher -- Emotion is peripheral / Brian Knutson -- Science can maximize our happiness / Paul Bloom -- Culture / Pascal Boyer -- Culture / Laura Betzig -- Learning and culture / John Tooby -- "Our" intutitions / Stephen Stich -- We're stone age thinkers / Alun Anderson -- Inclusive fitness / Martin Nowak -- Human evolutionary exceptionalism / Michael McCullough -- Animal mindlessness / Kate Jeffery -- Humaniqueness / Irene Pepperberg -- Human being = homo sapiens / Steve Fuller -- Anthropocentricity / Satyajit Das -- Truer perceptions are fitter perceptions / Donald D. Hoffman -- The intrinsic beauty and elegance of mathematics allows it to describe nature / Gregory Benford -- Geometry / Carlo Rovelli -- Calculus / Andrew Lih -- Computer science / Neil Gershenfeld -- Science advances by funerals / Samuel Barondes -- Planck's cynical view of scientific change / Hugo Mercier -- New ideas triumph by replacing old ones / Jared Diamond -- Max Planck's faith / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- The illusion of certainty / Mary Catherine Bateson -- The pursuit of parsimony / Jonathan Haidt -- The clinician's law of parsimony / Gerald Smallberg -- Essentialist views of the mind / Lisa Barrett -- The distinction between antisociality and mental illness / Abigail Marsh -- Repression / David G. Myers -- Mental illness is nothing but brain illness / Joel Gold and Ian Gold -- Psychogenic illness / Beatrice Golomb -- Crime entails only the actions of criminals / Eduardo Salcedo-Albarán -- Statistical significance / Charles Seife -- Scientific inference via statistical rituals / Gerd Gigerenzer -- The power of statistics / Emanuel Derman -- Reproducibility / Victoria Stodden -- The average / Nicholas A. Christakis -- Standard deviation / Nassim Nicholas Taleb -- Statistical independence / Bart Kosko -- Certainty. Absolute truth. Exactitude / Richard Saul Wurman -- The illusion of scientific progress / Paul Saffo.Large randomized controlled trials / Dean Ornish -- Multiple regression as a means of discovering causality / Richard Nisbett -- Mouse models / Azra Raza -- The somatic mutation theory of cancer / Paul Davies -- The linear no-threshold (LNT) radiation dose hypotheses / Stewart Brand -- Universal grammar / Benjamin K. Bergen -- A science of language should deal only with "competence" / N.J. Enfield -- Languages condition worldviews / John McWhorter -- The standard approach to meaning / Dan Sperber -- The uncertainty principle / Kai Krause -- Beware of arrogance! Retire nothing! / Ian McEwan -- Big data / Gary Marcus -- The stratigraphic column / Christine Finn -- The habitable-zone concept / Dimitar D. Sasselov -- Robot companions / Sherry Turkle -- "Artificial intelliggence" / Roger Schank --The mind is just the brain / Tania Lombrozo -- Mind versus matter / Frank Wilczek -- Intelligence as a property / Alexander Wissner-Gross -- The grand analogy / David Gelernter -- Grandmother cells / Terrence J. Sejnowski -- Brain modules / Patricia S. Churchland -- Bias is always bad / Tom Griffiths -- Cartesian hydraulicism / Robert Kurzban -- The computational metaphor / Rodney A. Brooks -- Left-brain/right-brain / Sarah-Jayne Blakemore -- Left-brain/right-brain / Stephen M. Kosslyn -- Moore's Law / Andrian Kreye -- The continuity of time / Ernst Pöppel -- The input-output model of perception and action / Andy Clark -- Knowing is half the battle / Laurie R. Santos and Tamar Gendler -- Informaiton overload / Jay Rosen -- The rational individual / Alex (Sandy) Pentland -- Homo economicus / Margaret Levi -- Don't discard wrong theories, just don't treat them as true / Richard H. Thaler -- Rational actor models : the competence corollary / Susan Fiske -- Malthusianism / Matt Ridley -- Economic growth / Cesar Hidalgo -- Unlimited and eternal growth / Hans Ulrich Obrist -- The tragedy of the commons / Luca De Biase -- Markets are bad, markets are good / Michael I. Norton -- Stationarity / Giulio Boccaletti -- Stationarity / Laurence C. Smith -- The carbon footprint / Daniel Goleman -- Unbridled scientific and technological optimism / Stuart Pimm -- Scientists should stick to science / Buddhini Samarasinghe -- Nature = objects / Scott Sampson -- Scientific morality / Edward Slingerland -- Science is self-correcting / Alex Holcombe -- Replication as a safety net / Adam Alter -- Scientific knowledge structured as "literature" / Brian Christian -- The way we produce and advance science / Cathryn Clancy -- Allocating funds via peer review / Aubrey De Grey -- Some questions are too hard for young scientists to tackle / Ross Anderson -- Only scientists can do science / Kate Mills -- The scientific method / Melanie Swan -- Big effects have big explanations / Fiery Cushman -- Science = big science / Samuel Arbesman -- Sadness is always bad, happiness is always good / June Gruber -- Opposites can't both be right / Eldar Shafir -- People are sheep / David Berreby --The bestselling editor of This Explains Everything brings together 175 of the world's most brilliant minds to tackle Edge.org's 2014 question: What scientific idea has become a relic blocking human progress? Each year, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org--"The world's smartest website" (The Guardian)--challenges some of the world's greatest scientists, artists, and philosophers to answer a provocative question crucial to our time. In 2014 he asked 175 brilliant minds to ponder: What scientific idea needs to be put aside in order to make room for new ideas to advance? The answers are as surprising as they are illuminating.
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