num_pages: 565
description: The origins of life ... Extraterrestrials ... Our genetic destiny ... The roots of language and learning ... Quantum physics and the shape of the universe ... Artificial intelligence .. In a masterful "trial by reason," author John L. Casti presents all sides of the most important and vital scientific debates raging in the world today -- scrutinizing six perplexing "great questions" in the most engaging, astonishing and accessible amalgam of science and literature since A Brief History of Time .
language: English
title: Paradigms Lost: Tackling the Unanswered Mysteries of Modern Science
titlecomplete: Paradigms Lost: Tackling the Unanswered Mysteries of Modern Science
genres: Physics, Popular Science, Philosophy, Technology, Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 181
publisher: Harper Perennial