Investigation of Science Mysteries. A Hundred Years Ahead

Famous journalist and author of numerous popular science publications Alexander Nikonov in his book tries to understand the nature and interconnections of strange events and phenomena that official science either does not recognize or acknowledges but cannot explain.

What is the nature of ball lightning?

What will happen if a tornado is twisted into a ring?

How to turn ordinary metal into gold? And where is the boundary between physics and alchemy?

Entering into a warpath with nature's mysteries, the author reflects on a mass of completely inexplicable mystical stories that have happened to real people. In this kind of travel diary of an explorer, who set out to comprehend the impossible, witness testimonies, indisputable facts, breakthrough ideas, and unexpected hypotheses are recorded, allowing the reader to follow the course of the investigation in real time. All sorts of graphs and diagrams, author's sketches, rare laboratory photographs, and other illustrations enable one to feel the reality of the impossible and mysterious.