13 Things That Don't Make Sense

The Most Intriguing Scientific Mysteries of Our Time

By: Michael Brooks

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Paperback | 4 February 2010 | Edition Number 1

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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. In the past, similar anomalies have revolutionised our world: in the sixteenth century, a set of celestial irregularities led Copernicus to realise that the Earth goes around the sun and not the reverse. In 13 Things That Don't Make Sense Michael Brooks meets thirteen modern-day anomalies that may become tomorrow's breakthroughs.

Is ninety six percent of the universe missing? If no study has ever been able to definitively show that the placebo effect works, why has it become a pillar of medical science? Was the 1977 signal from outer space a transmission from an alien civilization? Spanning fields from chemistry to cosmology, psychology to physics, Michael Brooks thrillingly captures the excitement and controversy of the scientific unknown.

Industry Reviews

Fascinating ... Brooks reawakens us to the astonishing fact of our mere existence, the strangeness of the world around us, and the astonishing amount that science has yet to discover -- Christopher Hart * Sunday Times *
Outstanding non-fiction reading * Esquire *
Impressively knowledgeable, articulate -- Christopher Hirst * Independent *
An admirably clear and clever writer * Evening Standard *
Proof that science gets interesting when things get weird * Weekend Australian *

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