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Watching the Weather
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Inventing the Future
Covering an epic sweep of science, from the Greek philosophers right through to Einstein and his groundbreaking work, Mary and John Gribbin have written a compelling account of the personalities and events that lie behind the scientific milestones of history. Find out how a young Isaac Newton caused the first ever UFO scare while flying a home-made paper lantern and how Archimedes was so wrapped up in his work, he didn't notice that his city had been invaded by Romans. centuries have used and built on each other's knowledge in order to make their world changing discoveries. It also puts into perspective the incredible amount we have learnt about our universe in 2000 years.
Big Numbers
Explores many examples of big numbers which measure in two directions: large and small.
Richard Feynman
One hundred years on from his birth, and 30 since his death, Richard Feynman's discoveries in modern physics are still thoroughly relevant. Magnificently charismatic and fun-loving, he brought a sense of adventure to the study of science. His extraordinary career included war-time work on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos, a profoundly original theory of quantum mechanics, for which he won the Nobel prize, and major contributions to the sciences of gravity, nuclear physics and particle theory. Interweaving personal anecdotes and recollections with clear scientific narrative, acclaimed science writers John and Mary Gribbin reveal a fascinating man with an immense passion for life – a superb teacher, a wonderful showman and one of the greatest scientists of his generation.
On The Origin of Evolution
The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. The idea of evolution had been around, in various guises, since the time of Ancient Greece. And nor did theorizing about evolution stop with what Daniel Dennett called "Darwin’s dangerous idea." In this riveting new book, bestselling science writers John and Mary Gribbin explore the history of the idea of evolution, showing how Darwin's theory built on what went before and how it was developed in the twentieth century, through an understanding of genetics and the biochemical basis of evolution, into the so-called "modern synthesis" and beyond. Darwin deserves his recognition as the primary proponent of the idea of natural selection, but as the authors show, his contribution was one link in a chain that extends back into antiquity and is still being forged today.
Q is for Quantum
In the ultimate guide to the ultimate mystery--the quantum world--an award-winning scientist and a master of popular science writing explains recent breakthroughs and the wondrous possibilities that lie in the future. Illustrations throughout.
Flower Hunters
Carl Linnaeus - Joseph Banks - Francis Masson - Carl Peter Thunberg - David Douglas - William Lobb - Thomas Lobb - Robert Fortune - Marianne North - Richard Spruce - Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Big Numbers
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Being Human
What is it that makes people human beings? What forms our emotions, our intellect and our relationships with other people? This book tells the story of the global environmental changes that drove an ape to become a human and goes on to explain the modern science of sociobiology.
Galileo (1564-1642) in 90 Minutes
Studies the life and works of Galileo Galilei and discusses how his theories and experiments changed the way people looked at the world.
