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

Michael Brooks

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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 in the 16th 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 13 modern-day anomalies that may become tomorrow's breakthroughs.Is 96%of the universe missing? If no study has ever been able to definitively show that the placebo effect works, why has it become a pillar of medical science? Was the 1977 signal from outer space a transmission from an alien civilization? Spanning fields from chemistry to cosmology, psychology to physics, Michael Brooks thrillingly captures the excitement and controversy of the scientific unknown.

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Publisher:: Doubleday Canada

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Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0385664230

ISBN13:: 9780385664233

kindle Asin:: B001DOHZ9Q

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

Michael Brooks

3.75/5 (4850 ratings)

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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 in the 16th 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 13 modern-day anomalies that may become tomorrow's breakthroughs.Is 96%of the universe missing? If no study has ever been able to definitively show that the placebo effect works, why has it become a pillar of medical science? Was the 1977 signal from outer space a transmission from an alien civilization? Spanning fields from chemistry to cosmology, psychology to physics, Michael Brooks thrillingly captures the excitement and controversy of the scientific unknown.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Doubleday Canada

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0385664230

ISBN13:: 9780385664233

kindle Asin:: B001DOHZ9Q

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