The big questions in science : the quest to solve the great unknowns
Birch, Hayley2013
Book
What are the great scientific questions of our modern age and why don't we know the answers? This book takes on the most fascinating and pressing mysteries we have yet to crack and explains how tantalizingly close science is to solving them or how frustratingly out of reach they remain.
Main title:
The big questions in science : the quest to solve the great unknowns / Hayley Birch, Mun Keat Looi, Colin Stuart.
Imprint:
London : Andre Deutsch, 2013, c2013.London : Andre Deutsch, 2013.©2013.
Collation:
192 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.What is the Universe Made Of? -- 2.How did Life Begin? -- 3.Are We Alone in the Universe? -- 4.What Makes Us Human? -- 5.What is Consciousness? -- 6.Why Do We Dream? -- 7.Why is There Stuff? -- 8.Are There Other Universes? -- 9.Where Do We put all The Carbon? -- 10.How Do We Get More Energy From The Sun? -- 11.What's So Weird About Prime Numbers? -- 12.Can Computers Keep Getting Faster? -- 13.When Can I Have a Robot Butler? -- 14.How Will We Beat Bacteria? -- 15.Will We Ever Cure Cancer? -- 16.What's at The Bottom of The Ocean? -- 17.What's at The Bottom of a Black Hole? -- 18.Can We Live Forever? -- 19.How Do We Solve The Population Problem? -- 20.Is Time Travel Possible?.
ISBN:
9780233003955
Dewey class:
500
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
BRN:
154403
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 500 BIRC | Available |