Beyond Reason Eight Great Problems That Reveal the Limits of Science

"Beyond Reason explores these barriers and the theories that give them form and substance. We shall apparently never travel faster than the speed of light, nor shall we ever build a perpetual motion machine that performs useful work. After laying the foundations of each theory, illuminated by stories of the scientists who discovered them, A. K. Dewdney then goes on to ask "What if?" Is there a way out? Are there no secret passages through these walls?"--BOOK JACKET.