Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything

Dr John Gribbin

ISBN 10: 0753807696 / ISBN 13: 9780753807699

Published by W&N, London, 1999

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paperback,270 pages,very good.Shelf 322.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything
• Publisher: W&N, London
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753807696
• ISBN 13: 9780753807699
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Reprint
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science/Technology/Medicine

About this title

Synopsis

John Gribbin is one of the few science writers who is equally comfortable writing about biology as about physics, and this beginner's guide will take the reader through the basics and the fundamental issues of the crucial areas of modern science, from the birth of the universe through to the evolution of our own species, the nature of human behaviour and the workings of our minds. Crucially, the book will not only provide an overview of the central areas in a single volume, but also explain how the areas link up, what evolutionary theory has to say bout how we think, how sub-atomic particles came into being in the big bang, and atoms in stars.

About the Author

John Gribbin has a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Cambridge, and is now Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex and consultant to New Scientist. His books have been translated into many languages, and have won awards in both Britain and the United States. He also writes science fiction.