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Books by John Gribbin
  | | Planet Earth A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides) by John R. Gribbin, John Gribbon, Mary Gribbin Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2011 by Oneworld Publications Abridged, Audiobook, Box Set, Illustrated, Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-85168-828-9, ISBN: 1-85168-828-5 "The result, Planet Earth: A Beginner's Guide, is an expedition into the origins, evolution, and workings of our home planet in which John Gribbin does what he does best: takes 4.5 billion years of geological history and digs out the essential bits, from the physics of Newton and the geology of Wegener to the environmentalism of Lovelock. Along the journey, he uses stories from history and more current events to bring the science to a hu ..." |
 | | The Birth of Time How Astronomers Measured the Age of the Universe by John R. Gribbin, Dr. John Gribbin Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2001 by Yale University Press, New Haven & London ISBN-13: 978-0-300-08914-1, ISBN: 0-300-08914-7 "The age of the universe has been one of the great scientific mysteries of our time. This engrossing book tells the story of how the mystery was recently solved. Written by a brilliant science writer who was involved, as a research astronomer, in the final breakthrough, the book provides details of the ongoing controversies among scientists as they groped their way to the truth-that the universe is between 13 and 16 billion years old, ol ..." |
 | | The Search for Superstrings, Symmetry, and the Theory of Everything by Dr John Gribbin Phd, John R. Gribbin Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2000 by Back Bay Books ISBN-13: 978-0-316-32614-8, ISBN: 0-316-32614-3 "In days of yore, educated men and women would avidly follow new developments in the world of science; these days it seems to be too much trouble--relativity was bad enough, but "N-dimensional space"? Fortunately for those of us who have trouble visualizing parallel parking, much less quarks and gluons, John Gribbin is back with an up-to-date primer on subatomic physics. The Search for Superstrings, Symmetry, and the Theory of Ever ..." |
 | | White Holes Cosmic Gushers in the Universe by John R. Gribbin Paperback, Published 1977 by Delacorte Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-385-29148-4, ISBN: 0-385-29148-5 "Investigates the existence and nature of white holes, cosmic bodies of almost immeasurable explosive energy, and explores some of the questions they pose to astrophysicists, mathematicians, astronomers, and philosophers" |
 | | Timewarps(1st Edition) by John R. Gribbin, John Gribben Hardcover, 205 Pages, Published 1979 by Delacorte Press/E. Friede ISBN-13: 978-0-440-08509-6, ISBN: 0-440-08509-8 "Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 205 pages; Description: xvii, 205 p. , [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Time. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 189-196." |
 | | Deep Simplicity Chaos, Complexity and the Emergence of Life (Penguin Press Science) by John R. Gribbin Paperback, Published 2005 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7394-6008-5, ISBN: 0-7394-6008-0 |
 | | The little book of science(1st Edition) by John R. Gribbin Paperback, 109 Pages, Published 1999 by Barnes & Noble Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7607-1687-8, ISBN: 0-7607-1687-0 "En este libro encontraras: ADN, Agua, Agujeros de gusano, Ctomo, Efecto Jupiter, Evento KT, Experimento Young, Genes saltarines, Gaia, Seleccion natural, Vida unicelular, Virus, ..." |
 | | Schrodingers Kittens and the Search for Re(1st Edition) by John R. Gribbin Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 1995 by Trafalgar Square ISBN-13: 978-0-297-81519-8, ISBN: 0-297-81519-9 "Gribbin presents the recent dramatic improvements in experimental techniques that have enabled physicists to formulate and test new theories about the nature of light. He describes these theories not in terms of hard-to-imagine entities like spinning subnuclear particles, but in terms of the fate of two small cats separated at a tender age and carried to opposite sides of the universe. In this way Gribbin introduces the reader to such n ..." |
 | | Father to the Man(1st Edition) by John R. Gribbin, Ben Bova Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 1990 by Tor Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8125-3850-2, ISBN: 0-8125-3850-1 "Set against a backdrop of increasing global disruption precipitated by the greenhouse effect, this story tells how a Nobel Prize-winning scientist secretly raises an ape-like creature. The astonishing secret of the creature's genetic parentage cannot remain a secret for ever." |
 | | Spacewarps by John R. Gribbin Hardcover, 211 Pages, Published 1983 by Doubleday ISBN-13: 978-0-385-29266-5, ISBN: 0-385-29266-X "Based on contemporary scientific interpretation of Einstein's theory of relativity, this study analyzes the cosmic implications of bent space and time and its relationship to black holes, quasars, and other violent phenomena in the universe" |
 | | What's Wrong With the Weather The Climatic Threat of the 21st Century by John R. Gribbin Hardcover, 172 Pages, Published 1979 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-0-684-15807-5, ISBN: 0-684-15807-8 |
 | | The Jupiter Effect(Updated) The Planets as Triggers of Devastating Earthquakes by John R. Gribbin, Stephen H. Plagemann, Isaac Asimov Paperback, 178 Pages, Published 1975 by Vintage Books ISBN-13: 978-0-394-71574-2, ISBN: 0-394-71574-8 "The Jupiter Effect: The Planets as Triggers of Devastating Earthquakes" |
 | | The One Per Cent Advantage The Sociobiology of Being Human [May 01, 1988] Gribbin, John R. and Gribbin, Mary by John R. Gribbin, Mary Gribbin Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1988 by Blackwell Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-631-16004-5, ISBN: 0-631-16004-3 |
 | | Men Who Measured the Universe, The by John R. Gribbin, Mary Gribbin Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2004 by Icon Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84046-536-5, ISBN: 1-84046-536-0 |
 | | Stardust The Cosmic Recycling Of Stars Planets And People (Penguin Press Science) by John R. Gribbin, Mary Gribbin Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2001 by Penguin Books Ltd International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-028378-5, ISBN: 0-14-028378-1 "One of the most fabulous revelations afforded by modern cosmology is the fact that we are all stars, literally. The elements which comprise our bodies (like iron or oxygen) were all forged in the burning cores of distant suns, before being flung across the endless wastes of space by the enormous force of stellar explosions. Great stuff! Now well-known writer and respected astrophysicist John Gribbin has taken this fairy-tale bit of Big ..." |
 | | Newton in 90 Minutes (1642-1727) (Scientists in 90 Minutes Series) by John R. Gribbin, Mary Gribbin Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1997 by Constable & Robinson Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-09-477040-9, ISBN: 0-09-477040-9 "Nearly everyone knows the names of the great scientists, but how many of us know anything about their work, let alone their private lives? In this easy-to-read series, eminent science writers John and Mary Gribbin look at the lives and work of eight major scientists; each book is accessible enough to be read for fun but informative enough to appeal to students of science. The iconic Albert Einstein emerges as a dashing ladies' man ..." |
 | | Companion to the Cosmos(1st Edition) by John R. Gribbin, Mary Gribbin, Jonathan Gribbin, Benjamin Gribbin, Well-Illustrated, Gribben John Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 1996 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson Import ISBN-13: 978-0-297-81725-3, ISBN: 0-297-81725-6 "hardcover" |
 | | Stephen Hawking(Reprint) A Life in Science (Plume) by Michael J. White, John R. Gribbin Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1993 by Plume ISBN-13: 978-0-452-26988-0, ISBN: 0-452-26988-1 "Weaves the life of the famed scientist and author of the phenomenal best-seller A Brief History of Time together with detailed explanations of some of his theories. Reprint. 30,000 first printing." |
 | | The Hole In The Sky; Man's Threat to the Ozone Layer(Updated) by John R. Gribbin Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1988 by Bantam Books (Mm) ISBN-13: 978-0-553-27537-7, ISBN: 0-553-27537-2 "Explains why the ozone layer is vital to life on Earth, identifies the causes of the large hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, and tells what can be done to alleviate the problem" |
 | | The Omega Point The Search for the Missing Mass and the Ultimate Fate of the Universe (Bantam New Age Books) by John R. Gribbin Paperback, 260 Pages, Published 1988 by Bantam ISBN-13: 978-0-553-34515-5, ISBN: 0-553-34515-X "The bestselling author of In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat examines the science of dark matter and ultimate fate of the universe. Is the universe infinitely expanding? Or at some point in the future will it finally reach its limit—and contract upon itself in one catastrophic reversal of the Big Bang? The ultimate answer to this perplexing question rests on one factor: the omega point. In one of the most astonishing developments of astro ..." |
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