10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet): A Guide to the Scientific Wilderness

Hanlon, Michael

ISBN 10: 0230517587 / ISBN 13: 9780230517585

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

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north american edition. 208 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers x-0230517587

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Titel: 10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet): A ...

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Erscheinungsdatum: 2007

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Brand New

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From the author of the bestselling The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comes another incredible trip to an even more mysterious terrain. Michael Hanlon identifies ten scientific questions that we simply can't seem to answer and explains why these compelling mysteries will remain unsolved for years to come. How did life begin? Why are there two sexes? Where did language originate? In Hanlon's characteristically witty style, he ponders the ways these questions have persisted in frustrating the best minds and asks what might be needed to get to the bottom of it all. From politics to lack of technology, each question has its own set of circumstances holding it back. By exploring these unanswerable questions, Hanlon exposes some of science's greatest failings and missteps--and charts a hopeful direction for getting science back on the road to discovery.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Michael Hanlon is Science Editor at The Daily Mail. He is the author of Eternity: Our Next Billion Years and The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.