Despite all the advances by science in the twentieth century, as the twenty-first century begins we face a universe of unanswered questions. Join John Malone as he leads us on an entertaining and enlightening excursion into such mysteries as:
What's inside the earth?
How do we learn languages?
How did the universe begin?
How many dimensions are there?
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This book really gets you hooked for a while if your a science person. I really like it is not just a picture book, it actually has full pages of info on over 21 perplexing questions. His writing style is chatty but also very informative.
ReplyDeleteI have read about three of the sections and it really makes you think about the topic that they are studying. The topics they over seem so simple but as you read the topics get more and more interesting and complicated.
ReplyDeleteI am in the middle of the topic on mass extinctions. we all know that the dinosaurs got extinct millions of years ago. But how is still unsure. the most possible answer is that a asteroid with a diameter of 180 KM crashed into the gulf of Mexico and created a huge firestorm over North America.
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ReplyDeleteReally?? Wow- I didn't know that was a theory about the extinction of the dinosaurs. Then again, I don't read much about science. Clearly, I should! When do scientists think that firestorm occurred? Why do they think that was the cause?
Thanks,
Missy
Yeah about 65 million years ago. This book is really awesome and i have started the fourth chapter about what is inside the earth, and they are talking about the earthquakes in San Francisco.
ReplyDeleteThis book does sound very interesting. How does the writing style differ from that of any other science book, is it just because of the interesting theories? Also, when you said it has many pages of questions, I am assuming that these questions are answered by his personnel ideas/experiences?
ReplyDeleteYeah, it is not textbook style at all, it is based like a normal softcover, but it uses lots of technical terms and such. The questions are answered by others experiences and ideas. He gives many different views of the topic and gives lo ts of references for finding more info.
ReplyDeleteI really like this book, it is just my type. It's not two dense but is dense enough to make it a challenge to read. It gives the same level of information as a textbook but is not bulky and big and heavy. I recommend this book to allscience and math people
The current topic of interest is how ice ages are formed. You may think that this is an easy answer to come up with, but it is a lot more complex and in depth than you might think. One of the theories is that when the tectonic plate movement slows down, the friction between the continents cools down, therefore throwing unbalance in to the world.The wold would then get cooler and cooler as time went by until it finally fell into a sub-zero climate. This theory is one of many explored views in this chapter.
ReplyDeleteThis chapter was about if dinosaurs were warm-blooded or not. The topic was first presented in the 1800s and has been debated ever since then. Allot of people think that because birds evolved from dinosaurs that the dinosaurs should be warmblooded as well. The common counter for that was that if they were cold blooded, why would they hang around in the sun so much.
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