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At the Edge of Uncertainty

At the Edge of Uncertainty

11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise

by Michael Brooks
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 12/02/2015

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The bestselling author of Free Radicals takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the most controversial areas of modern scienceThe atom, the big bang, DNA, natural selection--all are ideas that have revolutionized science; and all were dismissed out of hand when they first appeared. The surprises haven't stopped in recent years, and in At the Edge of Uncertainty, bestselling author Michael Brooks investigates the new wave of radical insights that are shaping the future of scientific discovery.Brooks takes us to the extreme frontiers of what we understand about the world. He journeys from the observations that might rewrite our story of how the cosmos came to be, through the novel biology behind our will to live, and on to the physiological root of consciousness. Along the way, he examines how it's time to redress the gender imbalance in clinical trials, explores how merging humans with other species might provide a solution to the shortage of organ donors, and finds out whether the universe really is like a computer or if the flow of time is a mere illusion.
ISBN:
9781481509015
9781481509015
Category:
Science: general issues
Format:
CD-Audio
Publication Date:
12-02-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Audio, Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
Michael Brooks

Michael Brooks is a physics consultant to New Scientist magazine in London.

Before joining the magazine as a features editor five years ago, he wrote freelance for many publications, including the UK's Guardian, Observer, and Independent newspapers, and edited a book on quantum computing.

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