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(0)John Gribbin
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"One of the world's most celebrated science writers reveals the origins of Einstein's General Theory-- and provides a greater understanding of who Einstein was at the time of this pivotal achievement"--
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xxiv, 262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1972, when James Lovelock first proposed the Gaia hypothesis--the idea that the Earth is a living organism that maintains conditions suitable for life--he was ridiculed by the scientific establishment. Today Lovelock's revolutionary insight, though still extremely controversial, is recognized as one of the most creative, provocative, and captivating scientific ideas of our time. James Lovelock tells for the first time the whole story of this maverick...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xv, 219 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The acclaimed author of In Search of Schrödinger's Cat searches for life on other planets. Are we alone in the universe? Surely amidst the immensity of the cosmos there must be other intelligent life out there. Don't be so sure, says John Gribbin, one of today's best popular science writers. In this fascinating and intriguing new book, Gribbin argues that the very existence of intelligent life anywhere in the cosmos is, from an astrophysicist's...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
William Collins paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Isaac Newton is heralded as the father of British science and regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time, but would we even remember him without the pioneering work of his contemporaries, Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley? Newton 'borrowed' many of Hooke's best ideas, including the principles which would form the foundation for his universal theory of gravity, which Hooke formulated long before Newton's mythological apple fell from the tree....
8) Spacewarps
Author
Pub. Date
1983
Physical Desc
ix, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
10) Timewarps
Author
Pub. Date
1979
Physical Desc
xvii, 205 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xi, 90 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Six Impossible Things, John Gribbin offers an agnostic overview of some (six, exactly) of the main "interpretations" of quantum physics. To the great distress of many physicists, no one has been able to come up with a common sense explanation of what quantum physics is all about--this is why Albert Einstein eventually rejected quantum mechanics, even though [he] was one of [its] pioneers! The equations in quantum mechanics work for endeavors like...
