Gribbin, John
Summary: 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 modern science. 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2017
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Summary: How did the universe begin? Where do galaxies come from? Where do the material particles we are made of come from? Today we have only provisional answers to such questions, but this will improve dramatically over the next ten years, predicts astronomer Gribbin. He focuses on what we think we know about ten issues and explains how cutting-edge research may yield solutions in the very near...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 GRIGribbin, John R.
Summary: Presents essays covering topics in astronomy such as supernova explosions, neutron stars, white holes, black holes, and wormholes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fromm International 1998
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Summary: This is a multi-title review. Titles include Curie in 90 Minutes, Darwin in 90 Minutes, Einstein in 90 Minutes, and Faraday in 90 Minutes - Emulating Paul Strathern's series about philosophers that began with Aristotle in 90 Minutes , the Gribbins here sprint through the life and work of four famous scientists. They're pushing simplification to the limit, trying to reach those whose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Constable 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 540.9 GRIGribbin, John R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 GRIGribbin, John R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Constable 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.09 GRIGribbin, John R.
Summary: This tells the story of the people who have made science, and of the times in which they lived and worked. Gribbin begins with Copernicus, during the Renaissance, when science replaced mysticism as a means of explaining the workings of the world, and he continues through the centuries, creating an unbroken genealogy of not only the greatest but also the more obscure names of Western science, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 509.22 GRIGribbin, John R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 003 GRIGribbin, John R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown & Co. 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.12 GRIGribbin, John R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 1992