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He Knew He Was Right: The Irrepressible Life of James Lovelock by John Gribbin
30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Jim Lovelock is an iconic figure in British science, a prophet whose prophecies are coming true. He is best known as the 'father' of Gaia theory, which is established as the most useful way of understanding the dramatic changes happening to the environment of the Earth. This biography reveals his indepe ...Show more
He Knew He Was Right : The Irrepressible Life of James Lovelock and Gaia by John Gribbin
55.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Jim Lovelock is an iconic figure in British science, a prophet whose prophecies are coming true. This is his definitive authorised biography. Lovelock is best known as the 'father' of Gaia theory, which is now established as the most useful way of understanding the dramatic changes happening to the envi ...Show more
Ice Age by John Gribbin; Mary Gribbin
29.95 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
On 24th 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 ...Show more
Impossible, Possible, and Improbable: Science Stranger Than Fiction by John Gribbin
27.99 NZD
Category: Science
'Gribbin has inspired generations with his popular science writing' Jim Al-KhaliliA scintillating collection of short essays that really does cover 'life, the Universe, and everything'.From the mysteries of the subatomic world to the curious property of water that makes our planet inhabitable, master of ...Show more
In Search of Schrodinger's Cat by John Gribbin
27.99 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
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 S ...Show more
In Search of Superstrings: Symmetry, membranes and the theory of everything by John Gribbin
24.99 NZD
Category: Science
Since Einstein's time, a "theory of everything" - one coherent mathematical model that would encompass all the forces and particles of nature - has become the Holy Grail of physics, and its pursuit has resulted in some of the most extraordinary ideas in the history of science. One of the world's foremos ...Show more
In Search of the Multiverse by John Gribbin
55.00 NZD
Category: Science
We once had to abandon the idea of earth being at the centre of the universe. Now, we need to confront an even more profound possibility: the universe itself might just be one universe among many. "In Search of the Multiverse" takes us on an extraordinary journey, examining the most fundamental question ...Show more
Not Fade Away : The Life and Music of Buddy Holly by John Gribbin
39.99 NZD
Category: Music
Buddy Holly was killed at 22 when the plane he was travelling in crashed on 3 February 1959. Although this was less than two years after Holly's first hit record, Don McLean described this as 'the day the music died.'But Sonny Curtis, Holly's friend and musical colleague, told us that the music didn't d ...Show more
Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality by John Gribbin
29.99 NZD
Category: Science
In this eagerly anticipated sequel to the classic bestseller In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, John Gribbin digs even deeper into the mysterious and confounding world of quantum mechanics. Gribbin takes infinitely complex, mind-bending experiments, brings them to life, and makes them accessible to the la ...Show more
Science - A History 1543-2001 by John Gribbin
30.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
This text tells the story of the people who made science and the turbulent times they live in. As well as famous figures such as Copernicus, Darwin and Einstein, there are also the obscure, the eccentric and even the mad. This diverse cast includes, among others: Andreas Vesalius, anatomist and secret g ...Show more
Science : a History 1543-2001 by John Gribbin
39.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Science: A History is the enthralling story of the men and women who changed the way we see the world, and the turbulent times they lived in: from Galileo, tried by the Inquisition for his ideas, to Newton, who wrote his rivals out of the history books; from Marie Curie, forced to work apart from male s ...Show more
Science of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials", The by John Gribbin
29.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction
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.