At the Edge of Uncertainty by Michael Brooks

At the Edge of Uncertainty by Michael Brooks

The bestselling author of Free Radicals takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the most controversial areas of modern scienceThe atom, the big bang, DNA, natural selection--all are ideas that have revolutionized science; and all were dismissed out of hand when they first appeared. The surprises haven't stopped in recent years, and in At the Edge of Uncertainty, bestselling author Michael Brooks investigates the new wave of radical insights that are shaping the future of scientific discovery.Brooks takes us to the extreme frontiers of what we understand about the world. He journeys from the observations that might rewrite our story of how the cosmos came to be, through the novel biology behind our will to live, and on to the physiological root of consciousness. Along the way, he examines how it's time to redress the gender imbalance in clinical trials, explores how merging humans with other species might provide a solution to the shortage of organ donors, and finds out whether the universe really is like a computer or if the flow of time is a mere illusion.

Michael Brooks has a PhD in quantum physics and is the author of the bestselling 13 Things That Don't Make Reason. He works as a physics and cosmology consultant for New Scientist magazine and is a journalist and broadcaster. His writing has featured in several national newspapers, including the Guardian, the Independent, the Observer, and the Times Higher Education, and he has given talks at Cambridge University, the American Museum of Natural History, and New York University. He resides in the East Sussex town of Lewes.

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ISBN 13	9781468310597
ISBN 10	1468310593
Title	At the Edge of Uncertainty
Author	Michael Brooks
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Harry N. Abrams
Year published	2015-02-10
Number of pages	292
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