Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life, and Everything
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Almost Everyones Guide to Science
EN USISBN: 0300081014 bzw. 9780300081015, in Englisch, Yale University Press, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
education and reference,reference,science,science and math,science and technology, Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything, Science isn't for everyone, but if you have even the faintest trace of curiosity about the world around you, Almost Everyone's Guide to Science will be a delight. Author John Gribbin, a cosmologist by training, is better known for writing such popularizations of the freaky world of 20th-century physics as In Search of Schr�dinger's Cat. His choice of subjects for this latest project reaches new territory, expanding in breadth to cover not just physics but chemistry, geology, meteorology, and the life sciences as well; in short, he introduces the world as we know it. Challenging but not intimidating, his writing presumes an actively intelligent reader willing to pause and think things out from time to time. Like the best science writers, he knows that his characters are people like Einstein and Darwin rather than theories like relativity and natural selection. This human-centered writing style is absorbing and a little sneaky--even those readers pathologically resistant to retaining scientific information will find themselves startled once or twice by an odd paradox or brilliant insight. This mastery of storytelling is ultimately what sets Gribbin apart from most other science writers; if you've decided that it's time to survey what we know about the world, Almost Everyone's Guide to Science is the best place to start. --Rob Lightner.
education and reference,reference,science,science and math,science and technology, Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything, Science isn't for everyone, but if you have even the faintest trace of curiosity about the world around you, Almost Everyone's Guide to Science will be a delight. Author John Gribbin, a cosmologist by training, is better known for writing such popularizations of the freaky world of 20th-century physics as In Search of Schr�dinger's Cat. His choice of subjects for this latest project reaches new territory, expanding in breadth to cover not just physics but chemistry, geology, meteorology, and the life sciences as well; in short, he introduces the world as we know it. Challenging but not intimidating, his writing presumes an actively intelligent reader willing to pause and think things out from time to time. Like the best science writers, he knows that his characters are people like Einstein and Darwin rather than theories like relativity and natural selection. This human-centered writing style is absorbing and a little sneaky--even those readers pathologically resistant to retaining scientific information will find themselves startled once or twice by an odd paradox or brilliant insight. This mastery of storytelling is ultimately what sets Gribbin apart from most other science writers; if you've decided that it's time to survey what we know about the world, Almost Everyone's Guide to Science is the best place to start. --Rob Lightner.
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Out Of The Shadow Of A Giant: Hooke, Halley, And The Birth Of Science
EN NWISBN: 9780300226751 bzw. 0300226756, in Englisch, Yale University Press, neu.
Lieferung aus: Kanada, In Stock, plus shipping.
John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin, Books, Science and Nature, Out Of The Shadow Of A Giant: Hooke, Halley, And The Birth Of Science, Out Of The Shadow Of A Giant: Hooke, Halley, And The Birth Of Science.
John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin, Books, Science and Nature, Out Of The Shadow Of A Giant: Hooke, Halley, And The Birth Of Science, Out Of The Shadow Of A Giant: Hooke, Halley, And The Birth Of Science.
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Stardust: Supernovae and Life - The Cosmic Connection
EN USISBN: 0300084196 bzw. 9780300084191, in Englisch, Yale University Press, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
astronomy,astronomy and astrophysics,astronomy and space science,new age,religion and spirituality,science,science and math,science and math,science and technology,self-help, Stardust: Supernovae and Life -- The Cosmic Connection, We are made of stardust-and so is all life as we know it. Every chemical element on earth except hydrogen has been scattered across the universe in great stellar explosions and recycled into new stars, planets, and parts of us. In this engrossing book, John and Mary Gribbin explain how developments in astronomy from the 1920s to the present day have led to this startling realization and to a new understanding of the relationship between the universe and the Earth.
astronomy,astronomy and astrophysics,astronomy and space science,new age,religion and spirituality,science,science and math,science and math,science and technology,self-help, Stardust: Supernovae and Life -- The Cosmic Connection, We are made of stardust-and so is all life as we know it. Every chemical element on earth except hydrogen has been scattered across the universe in great stellar explosions and recycled into new stars, planets, and parts of us. In this engrossing book, John and Mary Gribbin explain how developments in astronomy from the 1920s to the present day have led to this startling realization and to a new understanding of the relationship between the universe and the Earth.
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Out of the Shadow of a Giant
EN NWISBN: 9780300226751 bzw. 0300226756, in Englisch, Yale University Press, United States of America, neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, in-stock.
Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society. Although Newton is widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time and the father of the English scientific revolution, John and Mary Gribbin uncover the fascinating story of Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose scientific achievements neatly embrace the hundred years or so during which science as we know it became established. They argue persuasively that, even without Newton, science would have made a great leap forward in the second half of the seventeenth century, headed by two extraordinary figures, Hooke and Halley.
Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society. Although Newton is widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time and the father of the English scientific revolution, John and Mary Gribbin uncover the fascinating story of Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose scientific achievements neatly embrace the hundred years or so during which science as we know it became established. They argue persuasively that, even without Newton, science would have made a great leap forward in the second half of the seventeenth century, headed by two extraordinary figures, Hooke and Halley.
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Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science
EN HC NWISBN: 9780300226751 bzw. 0300226756, in Englisch, Yale University Press, gebundenes Buch, neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
Out-of-the-Shadow-of-a-Giant~~John-Gribbin, Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science, Hardcover.
Out-of-the-Shadow-of-a-Giant~~John-Gribbin, Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science, Hardcover.
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Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life, and Everything
EN HC NWISBN: 9780300081015 bzw. 0300081014, in Englisch, Yale University Press, gebundenes Buch, neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
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Stardust: Supernovae and Life: The Cosmic Connection
EN HC NWISBN: 9780300084191 bzw. 0300084196, in Englisch, Yale University Press, gebundenes Buch, neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
Stardust~~John-Gribbin, Stardust: Supernovae and Life: The Cosmic Connection, Hardcover.
Stardust~~John-Gribbin, Stardust: Supernovae and Life: The Cosmic Connection, Hardcover.
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