13 Things That Don't Make Sense
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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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Prologue1 THE MISSING UNIVERSE We can only account for 4 percent of the cosmos2 THE PIONEER ANOMALY
Two spacecraft are flouting the laws of physics3 VARYING CONSTANTS
Destabilizing our view of the universe4 COLD FUSION
Nuclear energy without the drama5 LIFE
Are you more than just a bag of chemicals?6 VIKING
NASA scientists found evidence for life on Mars. Then they changed their minds.7 THE WOW! SIGNAL
Has ET already been in touch?8 A GIANT VIRUS
It's a freak that could rewrite the story of life9 DEATH
Evolution's problem with self-destruction10 SEX
There are better ways to reproduce11 FREE WILL
Your decisions are not your own12 THE PLACEBO EFFECT
Who's being deceived?13 HOMEOPATHY
It's patently absurd, so why won't it go away?Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes And Sources
Index
Autoren-Porträt von Michael Brooks
Michael Brooks geboren 1970 in Manchester, hat in Quantenphysik promoviert. Er ist leitender Redakteur beim New Scientist und schreibt u.a. für den Guardian, den Independent, den Observer und worauf er besonders stolz ist den Playboy. Er lebt mit seiner Frau und seinen beiden Kindern in Südengland.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Michael Brooks
- 2008, 256 Seiten, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Vintage, New York
- ISBN-10: 0307278816
- ISBN-13: 9780307278814
Sprache:
Englisch
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