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13.8 : The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything by John Gribbin
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
The twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics. The general theory of relativity describes the behaviour of very large things; quantum theory the behaviour of very small things. In this landmark book, John Gribbin - one of the best-known writers of popular science over the past 30 years - p ...Show more
13.8: The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything by John Gribbin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
A celebrated astronomer makes a powerful case for the harmony between two of physics' most important and seemingly contradictory theories The twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics. The general theory of relativity describes the behavior of very large things, and quantum theory the beh ...Show more
Eight Improbable Possibilities by John Gribbin
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
A mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science.
Einstein's Masterwork: 1915 and the General Theory of Relativity by John Gribbin
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
In 1915, Albert Einstein presented his masterwork to the Prussian Academy of Sciences - a theory of gravity, matter, space and time: the General Theory of Relativity. Einstein himself said it was 'the most valuable theory of my life', and 'of incomparable beauty'. It describes the evolution of the Unive ...Show more
In Search of the Big Bang - The Life and Death of the Universe by John Gribbin
$23.95 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Penguin Press Science Ser.
Where do we come from? How did the universe of stars, planets and people come into existence? Now revised and expanded, this second edition takes into account developments in cosmology and quantum physics since its first publication in 1986, and traces the historical path which has led physicists to an ...Show more
On the Origin of Evolution: Tracing 'Darwin's Dangerous Idea' from Aristotle to Dawkins by John Gribbin; Mary Gribbin
$45.00 AUD
Category: Science
The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. Rather it has been examined and debated by philosophers the world over for thousands of years. This lively history traces the evolution of the idea of evolution, showing how it ha ...Show more
Science - A History 1543-2001 by John Gribbin
$26.95 AUD
Category: Science | 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
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
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
Six Impossible Things by John Gribbin
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
A short guide to the six theories that try to explain the wild world of the quantum.
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