Unsolved mysteries of science: a mind-expanding journey through a universe of Big Bangs, particle waves, and other perplexing concepts
Looks at twenty-one scientific mysteries covering such topics as biology, astronomy, physics, and geology.
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| Summary: | Looks at twenty-one scientific mysteries covering such topics as biology, astronomy, physics, and geology. |
| Physical Description: | IX, 230 S. zahlr. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0471384410 |
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| adam_text | UNSOLVED MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE A MIND-EXPANDING JOURNEY THROUGH A
UNIVERSE OF BIG BANGS, PARTICLE WAVES, AND OTHER PERPLEXING CONCEPTS
JOHN MALONE JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. NEW YORK * CHICHESTER * WEINHEIM *
BRISBANE * TORONTO * SINGAPORE CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX INTRODUCTION
1 1 HOW DID THE UNIVERSE BEGIN? 5 THE BIG BANG HAS BEEN THE ACCEPTED
THEORY FOR TWO DECADES, BUT DOES IT EXPLAIN EVERYTHING? 2 HOW DID LIFE
ON EARTH GET STARTED? 16 WHAT TRIGGERED THE CELL DIVISION THAT STARTED
THE EVOLUTIONARY CHAIN? DID LIFE COME FROM OUTER SPACE, BURIED IN A
CHUNK OF ROCK? 3 WHAT CAUSES MASS EXTINCTIONS? 27 FIVE MASS EXTINCTIONS
HAVE ROCKED THE PLANET, EACH ALTERING THE SHAPE OF LIFE ON EARTH.
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, CONTINENTAL DRIFT, ASTEROID IMPACTS * ALL HAVE BEEN
SUGGESTED AS CAUSES. 4 WHAT IS THE INSIDE OF THE EARTH LIKE? 39 WHAT
EXACTLY IS HAPPENING BENEATH OUR FEET, AND CAN WE LEARN ENOUGH TO HELP
PREDICT EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS? 5 WHAT CAUSES ICE AGES? 50
ARE ICE AGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY CHANGES ON THE EARTH OR IN THE SOLAR
SYSTEM? IS ANOTHER ONE DUE? 6 WERE DINOSAURS WARM-BLOODED? 59 INSTEAD,
WERE THEY COLD-BLOODED, OR PERHAPS BOTH? THE ANSWER COULD SOLVE MANY
MYSTERIES SURROUNDING EVOLUTION DURING THE PAST 65 MILLION YEARS. VI
CONTENTS 7 IS THERE A MISSING LINK? 70 THE STORY OF HUMAN EVOLUTION IS
NOT COMPLETE. IN ADDITION TO HOAXES SUCH AS PILTDOWN MAN AND
EXTRAORDINARY FINDS SUCH AS LUCY, MANY PUZZLES REMAIN. WHAT, IN THE
END, DO WE MEAN BY A MISSING LINK ? 8 WHAT CAUSED THE BIG BANG IN
HUMAN CULTURE? 83 WHERE DID WHAT WE CALL CULTURE COME FROM, AND HOW
DID IT SEEMINGLY SPRING UP OVERNIGHT? 9 HOW DO WE LEARN LANGUAGE? 93 IS
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AN INBORN BIOLOGICAL ABILITY, OR DOES EVERY CHILD
HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH? 10 ARE DOLPHINS AS SMART AS WE ARE? 105
ACCORDING TO BRAIN-SIZE RANKINGS, THEY ARE VERY CLOSE TO US IN
INTELLIGENCE, BUT IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF COMMUNICATING WITH THEM? 11 HOW
DO BIRDS MIGRATE? 114 SOME BIRD SPECIES TRAVEL 6,000 MILES (9,600
KILOMETERS) ROUND TRIP ON THEIR YEARLY MIGRATIONS. HOW CAN THEY POSSIBLY
FIND THEIR WAY? 12 WHAT IS RED? 123 DOES COLOR EXIST IN NATURE, OR IS IT
ALL IN OUR HEADS? IF WE STUDY HOW THE COLOR-BLIND SEE, AS WELL AS MANY
ANIMALS, WE FIND THAT A SENSE OF COLOR IS LOCATED IN OUR BRAINS. 13 HOW
DID MAYAN ASTRONOMERS KNOW SO MUCH? 131 THEY KNEW MORE THAN THEIR
EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS AT THE TIME, BUT HOW DID THEY COME BY SUCH
KNOWLEDGE? 14 WHAT IS GRAVITY? 140 NEWTON S APPLE JUST GOT THE ARGUMENTS
STARTED. EINSTEIN MADE THINGS MORE COMPLICATED. JUST HOW DOES GRAVITY
FIT IN WITH QUANTUM THEORY? 15 WHAT IS LIGHT? 750 THE DEBATE HAS RAGED
FOR DECADES: IS LIGHT A WAVE, A PARTICLE, OR BOTH? CONTENTS VII 16 WHY
IS THERE SO MUCH QUANTUM FRUSTRATION? 759 QUANTUM PHYSICS WORKS, BUT IT
IS SO BIZARRE THAT EVEN NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS HAVE TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING
IT * WHY IS THAT? 17 WHAT ARE BLACK HOLES REALLY LIKE? 770 DO BLACK
HOLES DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT ENTERS THEM, OR COULD THEY BE A TUNNEL TO
ANOTHER UNIVERSE? 18 HOW OLD IS THE UNIVERSE? 180 MEASUREMENTS KEEP
COMING UP WITH A UNIVERSE YOUNGER THAN ITS OLDEST STARS. WHAT S WRONG
HERE? 19 ARE THERE MULTIPLE UNIVERSES? 188 THERE HAVE TO BE, SAY SOME
QUANTUM PHYSICISTS. COULD WE.PAY THEM A VISIT? 20 HOW MANY DIMENSIONS
ARE THERE? 797 EINSTEIN S SPACETIME CONTINUUM BROUGHT US UP TO 4;
COMPUTERS CAN VISUALIZE 10; AND SOME SCIENTISTS WOULD BE HAPPIER WITH 1
7, OR EVEN 26. WHICH WAY IS UP? 21 HOW WILL THE UNIVERSE END? 206 WILL
IT BE WITH A BANG OR A WHIMPER? RECENT FINDINGS HAVE FURTHER CLOUDED THE
ISSUE. INDEX 275
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