The Edge of the Unknown: 101 Things You Don't Know About Science and No One Else Does Either - Hardcover

Trefil, James S.

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9780395728628: The Edge of the Unknown: 101 Things You Don't Know About Science and No One Else Does Either

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395728622 ISBN 13: 9780395728628

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1996

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A physicist and science commentator for National Public Radio offers an entertaining, highly accessible look at the most pressing questions in science today, including the likelihood of extra-terrestrial intelligence and of a medicinal cure for tumors.

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Review:

Perfect for "Did you know . . .?" barroom conversations, this handy volume--intended more as a reference book for browsing than a sequential narrative--includes a chapter on the top 10 problems in modern science and explains the outer frontiers of current biology and physics knowledge to the layman. String theory, neurobiology, chaos theory: all are touched on lightly and concisely as Trefil describes key concepts in a broad range of scientific enigmas. With its excellent bibliography, this book could provide the springboard for many further excursions in scientific literature.

About the Author:

James Strefil is Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University.

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