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Author Brooks, Michael, 1970- author.

Title At the edge of uncertainty : 11 discoveries taking science by surprise / Michael Brooks.

Publication Info. New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2015.
©2014

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  500 BROOKS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  500 BROOKS    Check Shelf
Description 292 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-281) and index.
Contents Triumph of the zombie killers : the science of consciousness has risen from the grave -- The crowded pinnacle : human beings are nothing special -- The chimera era : we are ready to make a whole new kind of creature -- The gene genie : there's more to life than DNA -- Different for girls : men and women ail in very different ways -- Will to live : your mind has power in your body -- Correlations in creation : biology is putting quantum weirdness to work -- The reality machine : our universe is a computer, and we are the programmers -- Complicating the cosmos : our story of creation is far from complete -- Hypercomputing : Alan Turing had another good idea -- Clocking off : time is an illusion.
Summary Examines controversial new developments in biology, cosmology, and other scientific fields that may radically change current understandings of these subjects.
Subject Discoveries in science.
Science -- Miscellanea.
Science -- Popular works.
Discoveries in science. (OCoLC)fst00894959
Science. (OCoLC)fst01108176
(DE-601)106219324 (DE-588)4041421-8 Naturwissenschaften
(DE-601)10440101X (DE-588)4014841-5 Entdeckung
Genre/Form Miscellanea. (OCoLC)fst01423854
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
ISBN 9781468310597
1468310593
9781468312607 (paperback)
146831260X (paperback)
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