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|title=At the Edge of Uncertainty: 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise

|author=Michael Brooks

|pages=256

|publisher=Profile Books

|summary=In his latest book, Michael Brooks succeeds in guiding his readers right to the arcs constituting the science world’s edge of uncertainty. Makes for a thrilling read.

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Eleven Discoveries are introduced and explored in Michael Brooks’ ''At the Edge of Uncertainty'', spanning all from the expansion of epigenetics, the possibility of creating a hypercomputer, and the unveiling of the true nature of the universe. Some of the hypotheses currently being investigated by our contemporary scientific community are baffling enough in themselves: ''Is our universe a hologram of an extra-dimensional universe? Are the mechanisms governing photosynthesis and human olfaction in fact one and the same? Just how well-established are animal personalities and cultures, if such exist? Is a human ‘will to live’ something which can be attributed to discernible biological responses and systems? Is time an illusion?''

The sense of wonder one undoubtedly will feel, however, makes the book a real pleasure to read. As one learns of the possibility that genes exploit quantum tricks, that we’re approaching a more complete picture of the origins of the universe, that we may be able to see the realisation of hypercomputers… it’s difficult not to appreciate the decades, people and ideas which have led us to this point. While it may seem that, so far, uncertainty has simply paved roads for more uncertainty, Brooks makes the journey that is “At the Edge of Uncertainty” a most enjoyable one.

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