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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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    Stardust: Supernovae and Life – The Cosmic Connection

    John R. Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

    The Gribbins relate the developments in 20th-century astronomy that have led to the shattering realization that all life is made of stardust scattered across the universe in great stellar explosions…

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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: A Beginner’s Guide

    John R. Gribbin

    In this lively expedition into the origins, evolution, and workings of our planet, John Gribbin does what he does best: gathers 4.5 billion years of geological history and shares the…

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