11 Discoveries Taking Science by SurpriseBy Michael Brooks PhDNarrated by Sean Runnette
Length9h 11m
About this audiobook
The bestselling author of Free Radicals takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the most controversial areas of modern science
The 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, who holds a PhD
in physics, is an author, journalist, and broadcaster. He is a consultant at New
Scientist, a magazine with over three quarters of a million readers
worldwide, and writes a weekly column for the New Statesman. Brooks
is the author of At the Edge of Uncertainty, The Secret Anarchy of Science
and the bestselling nonfiction title 13 Things that Don’t Make Sense. His writing has also
appeared in the London Observer, Guardian, and Independent, as well as many other newspapers and magazines. He lives in England.View all by Michael Brooks PhD
