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13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time

By Michael Brooks

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
0385520689, 9780385520683
LCC
Q173 .B893 2008
Open Library ID
OL16700848M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1738520 bytes)
Pages
256\254
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Spanning disciplines from biology to cosmology, chemistry to psychology to physics, Michael Brooks thrillingly captures the excitement of scientific discovery.Science’s best-kept secret is this: even today, thereare experimental results that the most brilliant scientists cannot explain. In the past, similar “anomalies” have revolutionized our world. If history is any precedent, we should look to today’s inexplicable results to forecast the future of science. Michael Brooks heads to the scientific frontier to confront thirteen modern-day anomalies and what they might reveal about tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

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