By Joseph D'Agnese
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DECEPTION
A modern-day computer scientist struggles to unlock the secrets of a mysterious book apparently written in a secret code, matching wits with a sociopathic con man who died 400 years ago.
RECOGNITION
A humble cosmologist conceives one of the biggest theories of the universe---and watches helplessly as the Nobel Prize goes to someone else.
DEDUCTION
A maverick doctor investigates bizarre ailments using a method that seems shockingly radical in modern medicine: befriending patients and asking them how they feel.
THE SCIENTIST AND THE SOCIOPATH features remarkable nonfiction stories, some of real-life scientists tackling theories and discoveries that will change our world, others of laymen grappling with some aspect of science in their lives.
Along the way, there are smashed ancient skulls, dead chimps in the back of pickup trucks, flying snakes, lordly windmills, haunted warriors, and beautiful, geeky kids building us a new world, one Lego at a time. These all-too-human players overcome their own foibles to make sense of the unknown, touching on everything from the Big Bang theory to tissue engineering, human evolution to cryptography, strange animals, robots, and the secret of human ingenuity.
Culled from the author’s extensive reporting for magazines such as Discover, Wired and Seed, these tales are bundled together for the very first time. This collection includes two bonus stories on green energy and two never-before-seen stories---for a total of 12 stories and 47,000 words in all.
Praise
“D’Agnese writes the most unusual and interesting books.”---Bookviews
About the Author
Award-winning journalist JOSEPH D’AGNESE is known for his compassionate portraits of scientists. His work has appeared in Best American Science Writing. He’s written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and numerous other publications. He’s author of THE MONEY BOOK FOR FREELANCERS, PART-TIMERS & THE SELF-EMPLOYED (Random House); SIGNING THEIR LIVES AWAY: THE FAME & MISFORTUNE OF THE MEN WHO SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (Quirk); and the children’s picture book, BLOCKHEAD: THE LIFE OF FIBONACCI (Holt). His website is josephdagnese.com.
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