Investigation of the Mysteries of Science. A Hundred Years Ahead

Famous journalist and author of numerous popular science publications Alexander Nikонов in his book attempts to understand the nature and interconnection 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 happens if a tornado is twisted into a ring?How do you turn ordinary metal into gold? And where is the boundary between physics and alchemy?Entering a warpath with the mysteries of nature, the author reflects on a collection of completely inexplicable mystical stories that have happened to real people. In this kind of travel diary of a researcher aiming to comprehend the impossible, eyewitness accounts, indisputable facts, breakthrough ideas, and unexpected hypotheses are recorded, allowing the reader to follow the progress of the investigation in real time. Various graphs and charts, author's sketches, rare laboratory photographs, and other illustrations provide a sense of the reality of the impossible and the mysterious.