Paradigms Lost: Tackling the Unanswered Mysteries of Modern Science

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 .