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Eight Improbable Possibilities
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Author : John Gribbin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-10-07
Eight Improbable Possibilities written by John Gribbin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-07 with categories.
A mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science Echoing Sherlock Holmes' famous dictum, John Gribbin tells us: 'Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever is left, however improbable, is certainly possible, in the light of present scientific knowledge.' With that in mind, in his sequel to the hugely popular Six Impossible Things and Seven Pillars of Science, Gribbin turns his attention to some of the mind-bendingly improbable truths of science. For example: We know that the Universe had a beginning, and when it was - and also that the expansion of the Universe is speeding up. We can detect ripples in space that are one ten-thousandth the width of a proton, made by colliding black holes billions of light years from Earth. And, most importantly from our perspective, all complex life on Earth today is descended from a single cell - but without the stabilising influence of the Moon, life forms like us could never have evolved.
Eight Improbable Possibilities
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Author : John Gribbin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-02
Eight Improbable Possibilities written by John Gribbin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02 with categories.
A mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science.
Eight Improbable Possibilities
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Author : John Gribbin
language : en
Publisher: Icon Books
Release Date : 2021-10-07
Eight Improbable Possibilities written by John Gribbin and has been published by Icon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-07 with Science categories.
A mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science. Echoing Sherlock Holmes' famous dictum, John Gribbin tells us: 'Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever is left, however improbable, is certainly possible, in the light of present scientific knowledge.' With that in mind, in his sequel to the hugely popular Six Impossible Things and Seven Pillars of Science, Gribbin turns his attention to some of the mind-bendingly improbable truths of science. For example: We know that the Universe had a beginning, and when it was – and also that the expansion of the Universe is speeding up. We can detect ripples in space that are one ten-thousandth the width of a proton, made by colliding black holes billions of light years from Earth. And, most importantly from our perspective, all complex life on Earth today is descended from a single cell – but without the stabilising influence of the Moon, life forms like us could never have evolved.
Impossible Possible And Improbable
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Author : John Gribbin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-09-14
Impossible Possible And Improbable written by John Gribbin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-14 with categories.
'Gribbin has inspired generations with his popular science writing' - Jim Al-Khalili A 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 popular science John Gribbin delves into the astonishing facts that underlie our existence. Some aspects of the quantum world really do seem impossible to 'common sense', but have been proved correct by experiments. Other features of the Universe appear obvious, such as the fact that atoms are mostly empty space. But this familiarity hides the truly amazing truths underpinning these observations. And some things merely seem improbable but are also hiding a Deep Truth, such as the fact that the Moon and Sun look the same size as viewed from Earth. This book will change forever the way you view the world. This volume brings together three of John Gribbin's successful science books: Six Impossible Things (which was Shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Books Prize in 2019), Seven Pillars of Science and Eight Improbable Possibilities.
Ten Tantalising Truths
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Author : John Gribbin
language : en
Publisher: Icon Books
Release Date : 2023-10-26
Ten Tantalising Truths written by John Gribbin and has been published by Icon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-26 with Science categories.
Obvious questions do not always have obvious answers. John Gribbin is known for giving us simple explanations of big concepts in science. But there is another way to probe the mysteries of the Universe and our place in it. Faced with persistent enquiries from his grandchildren, Gribbin realised that simple questions, such as 'Why is the sky blue?', sometimes require big answers, understandable in straightforward language. In answering those simple questions, he discovered that he was telling the story of our place in the Universe, from the Big Bang to the evolutionary reasons why men are, on average, bigger than women. The questions may be obvious, but the answers are sometimes surprising and highlight one of the main joys of science - discovering the unexpected. In this book, Gribbin invites the reader to join him on this voyage of discovery, where you may think you already know the answers but should be prepared to be surprised - or at least, tantalised by the truth.
Six Impossible Things
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Author : John Gribbin
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2019-10-08
Six Impossible Things written by John Gribbin and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-08 with Science categories.
“An elegant and accessible” investigation of quantum mechanics for non-specialists—“highly recommended” for students of the sciences, sci-fi fans, and anyone interested in the strange world of quantum physics (Forbes) Rules of the quantum world seem to say that a cat can be both alive and dead at the same time and a particle can be in two places at once. And that particle is also a wave; everything in the quantum world can described in terms of waves—or entirely in terms of particles. These interpretations were all established by the end of the 1920s, by Erwin Schrödinger, Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac, and others. But no one has yet come up with a common sense explanation of what is going on. In this concise and engaging book, astrophysicist John Gribbin offers an overview of six of the leading interpretations of quantum mechanics. Gribbin calls his account “agnostic,” explaining that none of these interpretations is any better—or any worse—than any of the others. Gribbin presents the Copenhagen Interpretation, promoted by Niels Bohr and named by Heisenberg; the Pilot-Wave Interpretation, developed by Louis de Broglie; the Many Worlds Interpretation (termed “excess baggage” by Gribbin); the Decoherence Interpretation (“incoherent”); the Ensemble “Non-Interpretation”; and the Timeless Transactional Interpretation (which theorized waves going both forward and backward in time). All of these interpretations are crazy, Gribbin warns, and some are more crazy than others—but in the quantum world, being more crazy does not necessarily mean more wrong.
Seven Pillars Of Science
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Author : John Gribbin
language : en
Publisher: Icon Books
Release Date : 2020-09-24
Seven Pillars Of Science written by John Gribbin and has been published by Icon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-24 with Science categories.
John Gribbin, author of Six Impossible Things, shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, presents a tour of seven fundamental scientific truths that underpin our very existence. These 'pillars of science' also defy common sense. For example, solid things are mostly empty space, so how do they hold together? There appears to be no special 'life force', so how do we distinguish living things from inanimate objects? And why does ice float on water, when most solids don't? You might think that question hardly needs asking, and yet if ice didn't float, life on Earth would never have happened. The answers to all of these questions were sensational in their day, and some still are. Throughout history, science has been able to think the unthinkable - and Gribbin brilliantly shows the surprising secrets on which our understanding of life is based.
Impossible Possible And Improbable
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Author : John Gribbin
language : en
Publisher: Icon Books
Release Date : 2022-09-01
Impossible Possible And Improbable written by John Gribbin and has been published by Icon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-01 with Science categories.
'Gribbin has inspired generations with his popular science writing' Jim Al-Khalili A 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 popular science John Gribbin delves into the astonishing facts that underlie our existence. Some aspects of the quantum world really do seem impossible to 'common sense', but have been proved correct by experiments. Other features of the Universe appear obvious, such as the fact that atoms are mostly empty space. But this familiarity hides the truly amazing truths underpinning these observations. And some things merely seem improbable but are also hiding a Deep Truth, such as the fact that the Moon and Sun look the same size as viewed from Earth. This book will change forever the way you view the world.
The Improbable Possibility
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Author : Rick Delmonico
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2011-02-09
The Improbable Possibility written by Rick Delmonico and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-09 with Poetry categories.
A collection of song lyrics, poems, quotes, and short stories that span more than thirty years. I am a song writer who also writes poems. My work covers a diverse variety of subjects.
The Reason Why
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Author : John Gribbin
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-04-28
The Reason Why written by John Gribbin and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-28 with Science categories.
Does one planet really matter among the immensity of the Cosmos? John Gribbin is here to persuade us that it does. In this ground-breaking and provocative new book Gribbin argues that we owe our existence to the impact of a 'supercomet' with Venus 600 million years ago. But this is only part of the story, just one of the astronomical and geophysical reasons why the Earth is special. For the first time, he makes the link between the whole series of cosmic events that have affected the Earth and given rise to our intelligent civilization - a civilization, Gribbin argues, that is unique within our Milky Way Galaxy. Even if other Earths are common, and life itself may be common, the kind of intelligent, technological civilization that has emerged on Earth occurs only here. If humankind can survive the present environmental crises, the whole of the galaxy may become our home. And if not, our demise may be an event of literally universal significance.