Numbers | Math
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Chapter one
Nearly Perfect
Matter | Physics
The Crisis of the Multiverse
In an infinite multiverse, physics loses its ability to make predictions.
Matter | Physics
Will Quantum Mechanics Swallow Relativity?
The contest between gravity and quantum physics takes a new turn.
Biology | Health
Why Men Don’t Live as Long as Women
It’s the testosterone, don’t you know.
Chapter two
Crazy Talk
Culture | Neuroscience
When Neurology Becomes Theology
A neurologist’s perspective on research into consciousness.
Culture | History
The Multiverse of 1686
Speculation on multiple universes goes back farther than you might think.
Culture | Science Practice
Why Do Taxonomists Write the Meanest Obituaries?
The open nature of the science of classification virtually guarantees fights.
Biology | Reproduction
Does Having Kids Make Mothers Age Faster?
Evidence is stacking up on both sides of an age-old debate.
Chapter three
Look Again
Culture | Psychology
Why Your Brain Hates Other People
And how to make it think differently.
Numbers | Math
Chaos Makes the Multiverse Unnecessary
Science predicts only the predictable, ignoring most of our chaotic universe.
Matter | Physics
What Is Space?
It’s not what you think.
Ideas | Psychology
Read the Lost Dream Journal of the Man Who Discovered Neurons
An exclusive look at the dreams Santiago Ramon y Cajal recorded to prove Freud was wrong.
Chapter four
Perspectives
Culture | Fiction
New York Under Water
Your future commute to work is on a boat.
Ideas | Philosophy
Ingenious: Albert Camus
A reconstructed conversation with the great writer about science and the absurd.
Matter | Physics
Bacteria Are Masters of Tai Chi
The remarkable science that helped me understand what it means to be a physicist.
Numbers | Technology
How to Obfuscate
What misinformation on Twitter and radar have in common.
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