To Imagine the World Anew

This book is a collection of Dr. Wan Weigang’s selected articles themed with seeing the world scientifically. To help transform perceptual knowledge into rational knowledge, the author has adopted interesting experiments and reliable data. His way of seeing the world scientifically involves a broad range of subjects including economics, psychology, sociology, statistics, physics, etc. He sets an example and introduces a way to comprehend the world with a cutting-edge view of science. The book is divided into three sections. The first one is called Common-sense Reversed Thinking and aims to guide readers to analyze the world around us rationally, without thoughts being clouded by common sense. The second section is the Antidotes to the Study of Success, which attempts to send the message that life is the most difficult exam. A considerable number of people flunk it because they try to copy others without realizing that everybody has a different question paper. Studying how the successful achieve success and following their path won’t always work. The third section is called Hawking’s Answers and hopes to plant a seed of scientific thinking into readers’ minds so that they can avoid some embarrassment and even deception in the future. This book is not only educational but also entertaining, as there are many examples and stories, which are far easier to understand than dull theories.

China is one of the oldest civilizations with thousands years of history, but from this book, we can see that modern Chinese have a different way of thinking. — Mr. Sukumar Das, the former Chairman of Federal Publishers Association of India
Dr. Wan has given us a new world which is interesting and rational. — Mr. Peter Gaviorno, the former Senior Director of American Psychology Association
It’s a most interesting to look at these topics with Dr. Wan. Few people in the world can make science and new knowledge so very clear. — Mr. Fan Zhixing, the former Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese edition of MIT Technology Review
Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, To Imagine The World Anew will give us a powerful weapon for intelligence. — Mr. Bob Song, Chairman of Afro-Asian Book Council
To Imagine The World Anew is of real use to most people. — Mr. Zhao Nanyuan, Professor of Tsinghua University

Dr. Wan Weigang graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China and is now doing research in the Physics Department of the University of Colorado.