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Spanning disciplines from biology to cosmology, chemistry to psychology to physics, Michael Brooks thrillingly captures the excitement of scientific discovery.Science's best-kept secret is this: even today, thereare experimental results that the most brilliant scientists cannot explain. In the past, similar "anomalies" have revolutionized our world. If history is any precedent, we should look to today's inexplicable results to forecast the future of science. Michael Brooks heads to the scientific frontier to confront thirteen modern-day anomalies and what they might reveal about tomorrow's breakthroughs.
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"This elegantly written, meticulously researched and thought-provoking book provides a window into how science actually works, and is sure to spur intense debate." -New Scientist
"A boundless enthusiasm resounds through this homage to the outstanding problems of science."
-Seed Magazine "You will be amazed and astonished you when you learn that science has been unable to come up with a working definition of life, why death should happen at all, why sex is necessary, or whether cold fusion is a hoax or one of the greatest breakthroughs of all time."
-Richard Ellis, author of The Empty Ocean and Tuna: A Love Story
"Fascinating. . . . Brooks expertly works his way through . . . hotly debated quandaries in a smooth, engaging writing style reminiscent of Carl Sagan or Stephen Jay Gould."
-Anahad O'Connor, author of Never Shower in a Thunderstorm
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"A boundless enthusiasm resounds through this homage to the outstanding problems of science."
-Seed Magazine "You will be amazed and astonished you when you learn that science has been unable to come up with a working definition of life, why death should happen at all, why sex is necessary, or whether cold fusion is a hoax or one of the greatest breakthroughs of all time."
-Richard Ellis, author of The Empty Ocean and Tuna: A Love Story
"Fascinating. . . . Brooks expertly works his way through . . . hotly debated quandaries in a smooth, engaging writing style reminiscent of Carl Sagan or Stephen Jay Gould."
-Anahad O'Connor, author of Never Shower in a Thunderstorm
'Brooks is an exemplary science writer ... This is the sort of science book one always hopes for. Learned, but easy to read. Packed with detail, but clear. Reading it will make you feel clever' William Leith, Daily Telegraph
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