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

 

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

by Michael Hanlon (Author)

 

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ISBN: 9780230622845

 

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Considering questions such as 'Where did language come from?' and 'Do animals know they exist?', Michael Hanlon explores possible theories -- and dispatches a few of the less likely ones -- in his quest to fill the gaping holes that science is littered with.


<p>In the space of 60 seconds a body processes one quadrillion atoms of oxygen, several trillion molecules of carbon dioxide, and the untold products of digestion. After forty years, 90% of the atoms in our body are different. So are you still the same person? Science writer Michael Hanlon takes us into the depths of this and other scientific mysteries, exploring the oft-asked questions of young and old alike. In witty, engaging prose, Hanlon asks: <p>- Does your dog have a soul? <p>- Will we ever be able to live forever? <p>- Are we getting smarter?<p>- Is science really ready to discount the possibility of ghosts?<p>Science may not have all the answers (yet), but while taking us on this grand tour of today's scientific conundrums, Hanlon reveals the complexities behind the mysteries that persist, and shows us that the answers may be coming sooner than we think.


 

ISBN 230622844
ISBN13 9780230622845
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Format Paperback
Publication date 01/03/2010
Pages 208
Weight (grammes) 164
Published in United Kingdom
Height (mm) 197
Width (mm) 127

Introduction Is Fido a Zombie? Why is Time so Weird? Can I Live Forever Please?
What are we Going to do with the Stupid?
What is the Dark Dide? Is the Universe Alive? Are you the Same Person you Were a Minute Ago? Why are we all so Fat... and Does it Really Matter?
Can we Really be Sure the Paranormal is Bunkum? What is Reality, Really?