Michael Hanlon

10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet)

A Guide to Science's Greatest Mysteries

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Science is littered with gaping holes, the elephants in the room of human understanding that simply wont go away. The questions that form the basis of this book are often ignored, because they are too hard, embarrassing, costly or controversial to answer. They include Where did language come from? How did life begin? Why are there 2 sexes? They are the questions that, when asked properly, will thoroughly embarrass an egghead.

Produktdetails

• Macmillan Science
• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-51758-5
• 2007
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9780230517585
• ISBN-10: 0230517587
• Artikelnr.: 21750906

Autorenporträt

Michael Hanlon is Science Editor at The Daily Mail. He is the author of Eternity: Our Next Billion Years and The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Is Fido a zombie? Why is time so weird? Can I live forever please? What are we going to do with the stupid? What is the dark side? Is the universe alive? Are you the same person you were a minute ago? Why are we all so fat... and does it really matter? Can we really be sure the paranormal is bunkum? What is reality, really?

Rezensionen

'A lovely book...you hear some pretty class stories' - Anita Anand, BBC Radio Five Live

'I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone with an enquiring mind, or the desire to scrape the surface of popular wisdom to see what lies beneath. An entertaining and enlightening read, we can only wait for 10 More Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet).' - Alexis (Al) Lambourne, Materials Today

'...for anyone interested in the greatest mysteries about our lives, universe(s) and selves, this is the most engaging, yet manageable book of the decade. A must buy.' Business and Finance Ireland