13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time

from Jewsbury

The author presents a jazzy tale of thirteen scientific quandaries that deeply fascinate him. What is so intriguing about such questions is that we are not sure just how mysterious many of these issues really are. Inevitably the way we look at a problem decides how difficult it seems. Thus with t...

from stevetempo

A great book to wonder by. Michael Brooks does a great job in presenting the great scientific mysteries of our time. You will be surprised and be made to feel a bit uncomfortable with your understanding of reality. My favorite of the 13 things was the intelligent signal from space and section on ...

from passion4reading

Michael Brooks introduces thirteen scientific mysteries that have the experts baffled: there's the missing universe, two errant spacecrafts, varying physics constants, cold fusion, life on Earth, a possible signal from outer space, a giant virus, death, sex, free will, the placebo effect and home...

from Othemts

This book is a collection of essays about scientific anomalies which are currently puzzling the scientific community. I think Brooks is deliberately provocative in choosing these 13 and frequently criticizing scientists for their insularity and claims of unassailability. On other hand, someone ne...

from LynnB

Michael Brooks looks at 13 scientific mysteries, ranging from physics and our universe to the placebo effect and whether or not we really have free will. An interesting book to set you thinking. No subject is treated in full depth, but there is a section on futher reading and a good index for the...