The Big Questions in Science: The Quest to Solve the Great Unknowns

by Hayley Birch, Mun Keat Looi, Colin Stuart

Explore the most intriguing, far-reaching, and pressing concerns in popular science today! From “What is consciousness?” to “Can we beat bacteria?,” The Big Questions in Science translates complicated concepts into understandable language. Anyone who has every wondered who we are, why we are here, and what “here” actually is, can gain insight into issues such as what makes us human, whether there are other universes, what's at the bottom of a black hole, and how we can get more energy from the sun. All the questions urgently require practical answers and speak to our sense of wonder and desire to know more.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published October 6, 2015

Reviews

[Mitch Flitcroft · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple and easy to follow book that explores some interesting questions in science. It is by no means extensive and is probably most suitable for a high school student, but it's still a fun read.

[Ewout Knoester · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of various familiar big questions with simple and concise descriptions of our current state of knowledge

[Dharma Arung-Laby · Rating 5 out of 5]

With science human beings are trying to answer the questions poping up in their heads. They are trying to break through their ignorance. As the time goes by, human have succesfully answered many questions and break many myths that they hold before, even prove their thruths. Because of science, human civilizations have leaped out quite far before the use of scientific method. Regardless of the answered-questions human did, there are still so many things that human could not be cracked yet. This book elaborates 20 big questions in science, that still not answered yet (in progress). The questions icnludes many field of science, such as: physics, biology, neuroscience & psychology, medical study, chemistry, math and computation, and population study. This book provides some expert's explanations and the progress which scientist had made so far. If you have interest in science, this is a book you should read, because it will introduce you to what human have achieved so far with science and the unanswered-things. I got so many insight from this book, and it help me to analyze the fake news which people use to get benefit. Science is a tools for human, to prove whether something is true or not.

[✨ aida ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay I read this very slowly over a very long period of time...

A chapter here, a chapter there...

All together, though, a super interesting read! A nice little overview of the key scientific questions.