13 Things that Don't Make Sense:
The Most Intriguing Scientific Mysteries of Our Time (2009)
by Michael Brooks
“I like to think of scientists as being on top of things,” writes Michael Brooks, “able to explain the world we live in, masters of their universe. But maybe that’s just a comforting delusion.” 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.”
I enjoy reading this book, but there are some terms (actually lots of ‘em!) that I totally not familiar with. I also have to confess that I skipped reading some pages, simply because… it’s boring. Many times too, I communicates to the book, ‘If only they know God of the Bible, this can easily be explained.’ Nevertheless, I agree with William Leith, “Reading it [this book] will make you feel clever.” I do feel clever now.
Here are 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense:
#1 “The Missing Universe”: We can only account for 4% of the cosmos
#2 “The Pioneer Anomaly”: Two spacecraft are flouting the laws of physics
#3 “Varying Constants”: Destabilizing our view of the universe
#4 “Cold Fusion”: Nuclear energy without drama
#5 “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 life
#9 “Death”: Evolution’s problem with self-destruction
#10 “Sex”: There are better ways to reproduce
#11 “Free Will”: Your decisions are not your own
#12 “The Placebo Effect”: Who’s being deceived?
#13 “Homeopathy”: It’s patently absurd, so why won’t it go away?
I recommend this book only if you’re interested in science... and mystery... hmmm... yeah, mystery :)
The Most Intriguing Scientific Mysteries of Our Time (2009)
by Michael Brooks
“I like to think of scientists as being on top of things,” writes Michael Brooks, “able to explain the world we live in, masters of their universe. But maybe that’s just a comforting delusion.” 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.”
I enjoy reading this book, but there are some terms (actually lots of ‘em!) that I totally not familiar with. I also have to confess that I skipped reading some pages, simply because… it’s boring. Many times too, I communicates to the book, ‘If only they know God of the Bible, this can easily be explained.’ Nevertheless, I agree with William Leith, “Reading it [this book] will make you feel clever.” I do feel clever now.
Here are 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense:
#1 “The Missing Universe”: We can only account for 4% of the cosmos
#2 “The Pioneer Anomaly”: Two spacecraft are flouting the laws of physics
#3 “Varying Constants”: Destabilizing our view of the universe
#4 “Cold Fusion”: Nuclear energy without drama
#5 “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 life
#9 “Death”: Evolution’s problem with self-destruction
#10 “Sex”: There are better ways to reproduce
#11 “Free Will”: Your decisions are not your own
#12 “The Placebo Effect”: Who’s being deceived?
#13 “Homeopathy”: It’s patently absurd, so why won’t it go away?
I recommend this book only if you’re interested in science... and mystery... hmmm... yeah, mystery :)
THINK BIG. START SMALL. GO DEEP.
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