John Gribbin

Broschiertes Buch

Science: A History

Beschreibung

Galileo, tried by the Inquisition for his ideas, to Newton, who wrote his rivals out of the history books. This book tells the story of the men and women who changed the way we see the world, and the turbulent times they lived in.

Autor

John Gribbin is one of today's greatest writers of popular science and the author of bestselling books, including In Search of Schrödinger's Cat, Stardust and Deep Simplicity. He is famous to his many fans for making complex ideas simple, and says that his aim in his writing - much of it done with his wife, Mary Gribbin - is to share with his readers his sense of wonder at the strangeness of the universe. John Gribbin trained as an astrophysicist at Cambridge University and is currently Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9780140297416
• ISBN-10: 0140297413
• Artikelnr.: 11927918