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13 things that don't make sense
Michael Brooks
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Description for 13 things that don't make sense
Paperback. Is 96 percent of the universe missing? Was the 1977 signal from outer space a transmission from an alien civilization? This book presents thirteen modern-day anomalies that may become tomorrow's breakthroughs. Spanning fields from chemistry to cosmology, psychology to physics, it captures the excitement and controversy of the scientific unknown. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Science starts to get interesting when things don't make sense. Even today there are experimental results that the most brilliant scientists can neither explain nor dismiss. In the past, similar anomalies have revolutionised our world: in the sixteenth century, a set of celestial irregularities led Copernicus to realise that the Earth goes around the sun and not the reverse. In 13 Things That Don't Make Sense Michael Brooks meets thirteen modern-day anomalies that may become tomorrow's breakthroughs. Is ninety six percent of the universe missing? If no study has ever been able to definitively show that the ... Read more
Science starts to get interesting when things don't make sense. Even today there are experimental results that the most brilliant scientists can neither explain nor dismiss. In the past, similar anomalies have revolutionised our world: in the sixteenth century, a set of celestial irregularities led Copernicus to realise that the Earth goes around the sun and not the reverse. In 13 Things That Don't Make Sense Michael Brooks meets thirteen modern-day anomalies that may become tomorrow's breakthroughs. Is ninety six percent of the universe missing? If no study has ever been able to definitively show that the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
180g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861976475
SKU
V9781861976475
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About Michael Brooks
Michael Brooks is the author of the bestselling non-fiction title 13 Things That Don't Make Sense and Free Radicals: The Secret Anarchy of Science. He holds a PhD in quantum physics, is a consultant at New Scientist and writes a weekly column for the New Statesman
Reviews for 13 things that don't make sense
Fascinating ... Brooks reawakens us to the astonishing fact of our mere existence, the strangeness of the world around us, and the astonishing amount that science has yet to discover
Christopher Hart
Sunday Times
Outstanding non-fiction reading
Esquire
Impressively knowledgeable, articulate
Christopher Hirst
Independent
An admirably clear and clever writer
Evening ... Read more
Christopher Hart
Sunday Times
Outstanding non-fiction reading
Esquire
Impressively knowledgeable, articulate
Christopher Hirst
Independent
An admirably clear and clever writer
Evening ... Read more