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Beyond Reason: Eight Great Problems That Reveal the Limits of Science (Hardcover)

by A. K. Dewdney (Author) "IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO BUILD A MACHINE THAT RUNS FOREVER WITH NO SOURCE OF ENERGY, YET PRODUCES USABLE ENERGY ..." (more)

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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (25 May 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0471013986
ISBN-13: 978-0471013983
Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
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“…appropriate for general readership…should prove as popular as his other books…” (Short Book Reviews, Vol.24, No.3, December 2004)

“…an intelligent book with considerable enthusiasm…” (Materials World, Vol.13, No.1)

"...one of the most rewarding science reads I have had the pleasure of in a long time....”(Chemistry & Industry, 17 January 2005)

“…fascinating…keeps firmly to the areas of science where the impossibility is demonstrable.” (Fortean Times, No 189, November 2004)

“…looks closely at eight great problems that reveal the limits of science…” (Materials World, September 2004)

Fortean Times, No 189, November 2004
"...fascinating...keeps firmly to the areas of science where the impossibility is demonstrable."

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