John R. Gribbin

An astrophysicist presents a lucid, accessible explanation of the fundamental principles of chaos and complexity theory, incorporating the latest research with frequent analogies and examples to explore simple applications of the theory in everyday life. By the author of In Search of Schrödinger's Cat and The Scientists. 22,000 first printing.

Bringing Order To Chaos And Complexity

Deep Simplicity

Mary Gribbin

On 24 June 1837, Louis Agassiz stunned the learned members of the Swiss Society of Natural Sciences by addressing them, in his role as President, not with an anticipated lecture on fossil fishes, but with a passionate presentation on the existence of Ice Ages. No one was convinced. He even dragged the reluctant members of the Society up into the mountains to see the evidence for themselves, pointing out the scars on the hard rocks left by glaciation (which some of those present tried to explain away as having been produced by the wheels of passing carriages). Extraordinarily, it would take a further 140 years before the Ice Age theory was fully proved and understood.

Ice Age

Creates a history of human scientific achievement as revealed by the lives and individual accomplishments of such scientists as Andreas Vesalius, Nicholaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Charles Darwin, Galileo, and Gregor Mendel.

A History of Science Told Through the Lives of Its Greatest Inventors

The Scientists

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, we'd have no computers, no science of molecular biology, no understanding of DNA, no genetic engineering. In Search of Schrodinger's Cat tells the complete story of quantum mechanics, a truth stranger than any fiction. John Gribbin takes us step by step into an even more bizarre and fascinating place, requiring only that we approach it with an open mind. He introduces the scientists who developed quantum theory. He investigates the atom, radiation, time travel, the birth of the universe, super conductors and life itself. And in a world full of its own delights, mysteries and surprises, he searches for Schrodinger's Cat - a search for quantum reality - as he brings every reader to a clear understanding of the most important area of scientific study today - quantum physics. In Search of Schrodinger's Cat is a fascinating and delightful introduction to the strange world of the quantum - an essential element in understanding today's world.

In Search of Schrödinger's Cat

Drawing on string theory and space-time, quantum physics and chaos theory, award-winning science authors Mary and John Gribbin reveal how Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy is rooted in scientific truth.

The Science of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials

To students of physics all over the world, Richard Feynman was living proof that to lead a life in science one does not need ice for blood and the mind of a Cray computer. In this unique biography, astrophysicist John Gribbon and his wife, Mary, pay tribute to this enormously "human" scientist.

A Life in Science

Richard Feynman

Get a Grip on Physics

Erwin Schrödinger

Nedim Çatlı

Schrödinger'in kedisinin peşinde: kuantum fiziği ve gerçeklik

Charts the efforts of a group of "natural philosophers" in seventeenth-century England who were to become the founding fathers of the Royal Society, placing their collaborations in historical context while discussing their specific contributions.

Gilbert, Bacon, Harvey, Wren, Newton, and the Story of a Scientific Revolution

The Fellowship

"First published in Great Britain in 2008 by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London"--T.p. verso.

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich Guide to Astronomy

From Here to Infinity

(1867-1934) (Scientists in 90 Minutes Series)

Curie in 90 Minutes

(1642-1727) (Scientists in 90 Minutes Series)

Newton in 90 Minutes

Mendel in 90 Minutes (Scientists in 90 Minutes Series)

Halley in 90 Minutes (Scientists in 90 Minutes Series)

(1564-1642) (Scientists in 90 Minutes Series)

Galileo in 90 Minutes

Faraday in 90 Minutes (Scientists in 90 Minutes Series)

(1879-1955) (Scientists in 90 Minutes Series)

Einstein in 90 Minutes

Darwin in 90 Minutes (Scientists in 90 Minutes Series)

Many of the themes developed in this book were first aired by John Gribbin as a BBC series of the same title in 1988. The authors present evidence that the origin of human intelligence is intimately connected with the series of ice ages that the world has experienced during the past five million years. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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