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Impossible, Possible, and Improbable
Science Stranger Than FictionA scintillating collection of short essays that really does cover 'life, the Universe, and everything'.
€ 34,50 -
Ten Tantalising Truths
Why the Sky is Blue, and other Big Answers to Simple QuestionsGribbin takes each point and uses it both to bring in some history of science and to dive into a little more depth, while staying approachable
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Nine Musings on Time
Science Fiction, Science Fact, and the Truth about Time TravelTime travel is a familiar theme of science fiction, but is it really possible?
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Eight Improbable Possibilities
The Mystery of the Moon, and Other Implausible Scientific TruthsA mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science.
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Against the Odds
Women Pioneers of ScienceA brilliant balancing act, spanning three women scientists who did win Nobel Prizes, three who certainly should have done - Lise Meitner, Rosalind Franklin and Chien-Shiung Wu - and six whose reputations are still emerging from the patriarchal pall, including Eunice Newton Foote, who discovered the CO2 greenhouse effect in 1856, three years before John Tyndall. Brava!
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White Knight, Red Heat
The Many Lives of Benjamin Thompson, Count RumfordJohn Gribbin is the author of many best-selling books, including In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat. Mary Gribbin is a teacher and science writer, and previous winner of the TES Junior Information Book Award. John and Mary are both Visiting Fellows at the University of Sussex.
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On The Origin of Evolution
Tracing ‘Darwin’s Dangerous Idea’ from Aristotle to DNAJohn Gribbin is the author of many best-selling books, including In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat. Mary Gribbin is a teacher and science writer, and previous winner of the TES Junior Information Book Award. John and Mary are both Visiting Fellows at the University of Sussex.
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Seven Pillars of Science
The Incredible Lightness of Ice, and Other Scientific SurprisesThe seven fundamental – and surprising – scientific truths of our existence.
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James Lovelock
In Search of GaiaIn 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. This title tells the story of this maverick scientist's life and how it served as a preparation for the idea of Gaia.
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Six Impossible Things
The ‘Quanta of Solace’ and the Mysteries of the Subatomic WorldA short guide to the six theories that try to explain the wild world of the quantum.
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Out of the Shadow of a Giant
Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science€ 38,50 -
Deep Simplicity
Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity€ 31,95