Book Notes: Beyond Reason: 8 Great Problems That Reveal The Limits of Science
I occasionally pick up non-fiction, science books to see if my increasingly fuzzy brain can keep up with the concepts. With Beyond Reason, I could generally follow the logic, but the math formulas proving exactly why - completely went over my head. The book is an examination of the limits of science through eight ideas that are currently considered - for all practical purposes - impossible. Dewdney provides the historical context, a summary of the example, and then digs down into the math.
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