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John Gribbin

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John Gribbin

John R. Gribbin is a British science writer and astrophysicist. His subjects include quantum physics, human evolution, climate change and cosmology. He is a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. Best known for In Search of Schrödinger's Cat, he has also written biographies of Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Buddy Holly. Robert Macfarlane calls him "one of the finest and most prolific writers of popular science around."

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Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science

Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science

with Mary Gribbin

The Time Illusion

The Time Illusion

Science: A History

Science: A History

Ten Tantalising Truths

Ten Tantalising Truths

2023
Quantum Computing from Colossus to Qubits: The History, Theory, and Application of a Revolutionary Science

Quantum Computing from Colossus to Qubits: The History, Theory, and Application of a Revolutionary Science

2023
Nine Musings on Time

Nine Musings on Time

2022
Six Impossible Things

Six Impossible Things

2019
3 minuty o Stephenie Hawkingu

3 minuty o Stephenie Hawkingu

2019

with Paul Parsons and Gail Dixon

The Cat in the Box: A History of Science in 100 Experiments

The Cat in the Box: A History of Science in 100 Experiments

2017

with Mary Gribbin

13,8

13,8

2015
13.8: The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything

13.8: The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything

2015
Einstein's Masterwork

Einstein's Masterwork

2015
Before the Big Bang

Before the Big Bang

2015
Computing with Quantum Cats: From Colossus to Qubits

Computing with Quantum Cats: From Colossus to Qubits

2013
Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution

Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution

2012
Alone in the Universe: Why Our Planet Is Unique

Alone in the Universe: Why Our Planet Is Unique

2011
In Search of the Multiverse

In Search of the Multiverse

2009
Galaxies: A Very Short Introduction

Galaxies: A Very Short Introduction

2008
The Universe: A biography

The Universe: A biography

2007
The Origins of the Future: Ten Questions for the Next Ten Years

The Origins of the Future: Ten Questions for the Next Ten Years

2006
Deep Simplicity

Deep Simplicity

2005
The Fellowship: Gilbert, Bacon, Harvey, Wren, Newton, and the Story of a Scentific Revolution

The Fellowship: Gilbert, Bacon, Harvey, Wren, Newton, and the Story of a Scentific Revolution

2005
The Fellowship: The Story of the Royal Society and a Scientific Revolution

The Fellowship: The Story of the Royal Society and a Scientific Revolution

2005
The Science of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials

The Science of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials

2003

with Mary Gribbin

FitzRoy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin s Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast

FitzRoy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin s Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast

2003

with Mary Gribbin

History of Western Science 1543-2001

History of Western Science 1543-2001

2002
The Scientists

The Scientists

2002
Stardust

Stardust

2001

with Mary Gribbin

Ice Age

Ice Age

2001

with Mary Gribbin

Almost Everyone's Guide to Science

Almost Everyone's Guide to Science

1998
The Search for Superstrings, Symmetry, and the Theory of Everything

The Search for Superstrings, Symmetry, and the Theory of Everything

1998
Q Is for Quantum: An Encyclopedia of Particle Physics

Q Is for Quantum: An Encyclopedia of Particle Physics

1998
Richard Feynman: A Life in Science

Richard Feynman: A Life in Science

1997

with Mary Gribbin

In the Beginning: The Birth of the Living Universe

In the Beginning: The Birth of the Living Universe

1993
Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science

Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science

1992

with Michael White

In Search of the Edge of Time: Black Holes, White Holes, Wormholes

In Search of the Edge of Time: Black Holes, White Holes, Wormholes

1992
Cosmic Coincidences: Dark Matter, Mankind, and Anthropic Cosmology

Cosmic Coincidences: Dark Matter, Mankind, and Anthropic Cosmology

1989

with Martin J. Rees

In Search of the Big Bang: The Life and Death of the Universe

In Search of the Big Bang: The Life and Death of the Universe

1986
Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality: Solving the Quantum Mysteries

Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality: Solving the Quantum Mysteries

1984
Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality

Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality

1984
In Search of Schrodinger's Cat

In Search of Schrodinger's Cat

1984
The Sixth Winter

The Sixth Winter

1979

with Douglas Orgill