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13 Things That Don't Make Sense

By Michael Brooks

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13 Things That Don't Make Sense

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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 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 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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Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2010-02-04
Publication Date:
2010-02-04
Publisher:
Profile Books Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
186197647X
ISBN13:
9781861976475
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
184 g
Height:
130 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
20 cm

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