
At the Edge of Uncertainty
11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise
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Narrated by:
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Sean Runnette
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By:
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Michael Brooks
The best-selling author of Free Radicals takes listeners 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, best-selling 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.
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Science is not perfect and speculation beyond what we currently accept is worth while, but to make a book really worth my while tell me things I don't already know. This book fails at telling me things I haven't read elsewhere.
If you're not too familiar with pop science books, this book provides a good essay approach to a lot of interesting topics (with a little bit too much speculation, though), but for almost everyone else I would recommend skipping this book. (Except, the section on epigenetics did standout and the understanding about the importance of epigenetics needs to be more widely understood).
Adequete but mostly rehash of other books
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Interesting content, wrong narrator.
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Annoying Reader
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Amazing Scary Cutting Edge Science
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Wanting more
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I thought the narrator had a familiar, soothing voice that was easy to hear and gave the information authority.
Was a good 2 days spent.
Not what I expected but super Interesting to listen too
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I had to reassess what was presented earlier because I feel like I cannot place enough faith in the Edgar was said and presented as facts.
Played too fast and loose
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Sean Runnette makes any story fascinating!
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human or not
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Thought provoking and accessible
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