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10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet)

A Guide to Science's Greatest Mysteries

Palgrave Macmillan

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Part of the book series: Macmillan Science (MACSCI)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Introduction

    • Michael Hanlon
    Pages 1-15
  3. Is fido a zombie?

    • Michael Hanlon
    Pages 16-42
  4. Why is time so weird?

    • Michael Hanlon
    Pages 43-55
  5. Can i live forever please?

    • Michael Hanlon
    Pages 56-75
  6. What are we going to do with the stupid?

    • Michael Hanlon
    Pages 76-90
  7. What is the dark side?

    • Michael Hanlon
    Pages 91-101
  8. Is the universe alive?

    • Michael Hanlon
    Pages 102-124
  9. Are you the same person you were a minute ago?

    • Michael Hanlon
    Pages 125-140
  10. What is reality, really?

    • Michael Hanlon
    Pages 171-186
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 187-192

About this book

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.

Reviews

'A lovely book...you hear some pretty class stories' - Anita Anand, BBC Radio Five Live

'I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone with an enquiring mind, or the desire to scrape the surface of popular wisdom to see what lies beneath. An entertaining and enlightening read, we can only wait for 10 More Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet).' - Alexis (Al) Lambourne, Materials Today

'...for anyone interested in the greatest mysteries about our lives, universe(s) and selves, this is the most engaging, yet manageable book of the decade. A must buy.' Business and Finance Ireland

About the author

Michael Hanlon is Science Editor at The Daily Mail. He is the author of Eternity: Our Next Billion Years and The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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