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    Out of the Shadow of a Giant: How Newton Stood on the Shoulders of Hooke and Halley

    John Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

    What if Isaac Newton had never lived? Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their…

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    The Reason Why: The Miracle of Life on Earth

    John Gribbin

    Shows what makes our planet so special, explaining why the ‘Fermi Paradox’ - the apparent absence of alien life - holds the key to our uniqueness. In this book, the…

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    Impossible, Possible, and Improbable: Science Stranger Than Fiction

    John Gribbin

    A scintillating collection of short essays that really does cover ‘life, the Universe, and everything’.

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    Impossible, Possible, and Improbable

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    'Gribbin has inspired generations with his popular science writing' - Jim Al-Khalili

    A scintillating collection of short essays that really does cover 'life, the Universe, and everything'.

    From the mysteries…

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    Nine Musings on Time: Science Fiction, Science Fact, and the Truth About Time Travel

    John Gribbin

    Time travel is a familiar theme of science fiction, but is it really possible?

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    Ten Tantalising Truths

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    Obvious questions do not always have obvious answers. John Gribbin is known for giving us simple explanations of big concepts in science. But there is another way to probe the…

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    Nine Musings on Time

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    Time travel is a familiar theme of science fiction, but is it really possible? Surprisingly, time travel is not forbidden by the laws of physics - and John Gribbin argues…

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    The Universe: A Biography

    John Gribbin

    How did the universe grow from a tiny fireball to its present size? Where did life on earth come from? How do planets form? How will the universe end? And…

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    Alone in the Universe: Why Our Planet is Unique

    John Gribbin

    The acclaimed author of In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat searches for life on other planets Are we alone in the universe? Surely amidst the immensity of the cosmos there must…

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    In Search of the Multiverse

    John Gribbin

    What are the boundaries of our universe? Can there be different physical laws from the ones we know? Are there in fact other universes? Do we really live in a…

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    Future Worlds

    John Gribbin

    During the middle and late 1960s, concern about the way the world might be going began to move out of the arena of academic debate amongst specialists, and became a…

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    Schrodinger’s Kittens and the Search for Reality: Solving the Quantum Mysteries Tag: Author of in Search of Schrod. Cat

    John Gribbin

    In this eagerly anticipated sequel to the classic bestseller In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat, John Gribbin digs even deeper into the mysterious and confounding world of quantum mechanics. Gribbin takes…

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    In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat: Quantam Physics And Reality

    John Gribbin

    Quantum theory is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it provides the fundamental underpinning of all modern sciences. Without it…

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    Computing with Quantum Cats: From Colossus to Qubits

    John Gribbin

    Pioneering physicists are on the brink of unlocking a new quantum universe which provides a better representation of reality than our everyday experiences and common sense ever could. This title…

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    Get a Grip on Physics

    John Gribbin

    Popular physics primer by an acclaimed author offers accessible, imaginative explanations of string theory, the Schrodinger’s Cat paradox, quantum uncertainty, black holes, and other cosmic oddities. Numerous playful illustrations.

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    Quantum Computing from Colossus to Qubits: The History, Theory, and Application of a Revolutionary Science

    John Gribbin

    Looking back to Alan Turing’s work on the Enigma machine and the first electronic computer, and featuring a new chapter on the recent evolution of quantum computing, author John Gribbin…

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    Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution

    John Gribbin

    A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger, that takes you into the heart of the quantum revolution and explains the captivating world of quantum mechanics, which underpins…

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    He Knew He Was Right: The Irrepressible Life of James Lovelock

    John Gribbin

    Jim Lovelock is an iconic figure in British science, a prophet whose prophecies are coming true. He is best known as the ‘father’ of Gaia theory, which is established as…

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    In Search Of Schrodinger’s Cat: Updated Edition

    John Gribbin

    Quantum theory is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it provides the fundamental underpinning of all modern sciences. This title…

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    Simply Schroedinger

    John Gribbin

    Simply Schroedinger provides an introduction to the life and work of Erwin Schroedinger (1887-1961), one of the most influential theoretical physicists of the twentieth century, who was among the founders…

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    Deep Simplicity: Chaos, Complexity and the Emergence of Life

    John Gribbin

    The world around us can be a complex, confusing place. Earthquakes happen without warning, stock markets fluctuate, weather forecasters seldom seem to get it right - even other people continue…

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    Six Impossible Things: The Mystery of the Quantum World

    John Gribbin

    A concise and engaging investigation of six interpretations of quantum physics.

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    Science: A History

    John Gribbin

    Galileo, tried by the Inquisition for his ideas, to Newton, who wrote his rivals out of the history books. This book tells the story of the men and women who…

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    The Fellowship: The Story of the Royal Society and a Scientific Revolution

    John Gribbin

    Seventeenth-century England was racked by civil war, plague, and fire. A series of meetings of natural philosophers’ in Oxford and London saw the beginning of a method of thinking based…

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    13.8: The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything

    John Gribbin

    A celebrated astronomer makes a powerful case for the harmony between two of physics’ most important and seemingly contradictory theories

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    Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution

    John Gribbin

    Erwin Schroedinger was an Austrian physicist famous for his contribution to quantum physics. He won the Nobel Prize in 1933 and is best known for his thought experiment of a…

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    Quantum Computing from Colossus to Qubits: The History, Theory, and Application of a Revolutionary Science

    John Gribbin

    Looking back to Alan Turing’s work on the Enigma machine and the first electronic computer, and featuring a new chapter on the recent evolution of quantum computing, author John Gribbin…

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    Computing with Quantum Cats: From Colossus to Qubits

    John Gribbin

    Pioneering physicists are on the brink of unlocking a new quantum universe which provides a better representation of reality than our everyday experiences and common sense ever could. This title…

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    Galaxies

    John Gribbin

    Galaxies are the building blocks of the Universe: standing like islands in space, they are where the stars are born and where many extraordinary and little-understood phenomena can be observed…

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    Deep Simplicity: Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity

    John Gribbin

    In the 1980s, a groundbreaking new idea sought to explain why the world is often unpredictable. An astrophysicist describes the principles behind chaos and complexity theory, and the tremendous achievements…

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    Seven Pillars of Science: The Incredible Lightness of Ice, and Other Scientific Surprises

    John Gribbin

    The seven fundamental - and surprising - scientific truths of our existence.

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    Six Impossible Things: The ‘Quanta of Solace’ and the Mysteries of the Subatomic World

    John Gribbin

    A short guide to the six theories that try to explain the wild world of the quantum.

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    Eight Improbable Possibilities: The Mystery of the Moon, and Other Implausible Scientific Truths

    John Gribbin

    A mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science.

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    Seven Pillars of Science: The Incredible Lightness of Ice, and Other Scientific Surprises

    John Gribbin

    John Gribbin, author of Six Impossible Things, shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, presents a tour of seven fundamental scientific truths that underpin our very existence.

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    Eight Improbable Possibilities: The Mystery of the Moon, and Other Implausible Scientific Truths

    John Gribbin

    A mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science.

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    Schrodinger’s Kittens: And The Search For Reality

    John Gribbin

    An exploration of the nature of light.

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    In Search of the Multiverse: Parallel Worlds, Hidden Dimensions, and the Ultimate Quest for the Frontiers of Reality

    John Gribbin

    Is our universe just one of many?

    The most fascinating mysteries in modern physics seem to point us in that direction. As impossible as it seems–that other universes came before…

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    Alone in the Universe: Why Our Planet is Unique

    John Gribbin

    The acclaimed author of In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat searches for life on other planets Are we alone in the universe? Surely amidst the immensity of the cosmos there must…

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    On the Origin of Evolution: Tracing ‘Darwin’s Dangerous Idea’ from Aristotle to DNA

    John Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

    A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. Rather it has been…

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    The Science of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials

    Mary Gribbin,John Gribbin

    Drawing on string theory and spacetime, quantum physics and chaos theory, award-winning science writers Mary and John Gribbin reveal the real science behind Pullman’s bestselling His Dark Materials trilogy.

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    Almost Everyone’s Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything

    John Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

    Gribbin speaks to those who are interested in science but are scared off by the technical detail, in a broad picture of scientific achievement at the end of the 20th…

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    Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science

    John Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

    What if Newton had never lived? A compelling dual biography argues that Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley easily could have filled the giant’s shoes–and deserve credit for the birth of…

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    James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia

    John Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

    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…

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    White Knight, Red Heat

    John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin

    President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said that "Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Count Rumford are the greatest minds that America has produced," and indeed, Rumford was a peer of theirs, and…

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    On The Origin of Evolution: Tracing ‘Darwin’s Dangerous Idea’ from Aristotle to DNA

    John Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

    A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. Rather it has been…

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    On the Origin of Evolution: Tracing ‘Darwin’s Dangerous Idea’ from Aristotle to DNA

    John Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

    A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. Rather it has been…

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    Planet Earth

    John Gribbin

    In this incredible expedition into the origins, workings, and evolution of our home planet, John Gribbin does what he does best: takes four and a half billion years of mind-boggling…

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