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13.8 : The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything by John Gribbin
$45.00 NZD
Category: Popular 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
$27.99 NZD
Category: Popular 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
Computing with Quantum Cats - From Colossus to Qubits by John Gribbin
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: near fine
The quantum computer is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Pioneering physicists are on the brink of unlocking a new quantum universe which provides a better representation of reality than our everyday experiences and common sense ever could. The birth of quantum computers - which, like Schrodinger ...Show more
Computing with Quantum Cats - From Colossus to Qubits by John Gribbin
$30.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The quantum computer is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Pioneering physicists are on the brink of unlocking a new quantum universe which provides a better representation of reality than our everyday experiences and common sense ever could. The birth of quantum computers - which, like Schrodinger ...Show more
Darwin : A Life in Science by John Gribbin & Michael White
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Today Charles Darwin is regarded as one of the most -- if not the most -- influential scientists of all time. Yet in his lifetime his radical new intepretation of evolution based on natural selection earned him as much antagonism as it did accolades. In fact he faced a huge barrage of criticism for his ...Show more
Dazzling Discoveries: The Explosive Story of Science by John Gribbin
$24.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
This is a new version of the adult book The History of Science written specifically for children 11 and up. Covering a huge sweep of science (the last 400 years) the Gribbins look at the great scientists from childhood to old age, telling the stories of their lives and how they came to make their re ...Show more
Deep Simplicity: Chaos Complexity and the Emergence of Life by John Gribbin
$28.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Penguin Press Science Ser.
In this brilliantly enlightening book John Gribbin, the man who made quantum theory clear with In Search of Schrodinger's Cat shows that complexity is simple, and explains how life has emerged from simple systems. Deep Simplicity is the first book to synthesize all the various ideas about chaos and comp ...Show more
Eight Improbable Possibilities: The Mystery of the Moon, and Other Implausible Scientific Truths by John Gribbin
$24.99 NZD
Category: Space & Astronomy
'Gribbin casts a wide net and displays his breadth of knowledge in packing a lot into each chapter . . . a brief read, but one that may inspire readers to dig deeper.' Giles Sparrow, BBC Sky at Night Magazine A mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science. Echoing Sherlock Holme ...Show more
Einstein : A life in science by Michael White & John Gribbin
$34.95 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
As much as we all know that 'E = mc2' was Einstein's most important and groundbreaking equation, do we really know what it means or why Einstein is regarded as one of history's foremost thinkers? In this absorbing biography Michael White and John Gribbin reveal the man behind the physics and introduce u ...Show more
Einstein's Masterwork: 1915 and the General Theory of Relativity by John Gribbin
$28.99 NZD
Category: Popular 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
Einstein's Masterwork: 1915 and the General Theory of Relativity by John Gribbin
$22.99 NZD
Category: Popular 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