Books written by David Darling
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Zen Physics, the Science of Death, the Logic of Reincarnation
McCrone, John. The Myth of Irrationality: The Science of the Mind from Plato to Star Trek. London: Macmillan, 1993. Marcus Aurelius. Meditations, trans. by G. M. A. Grube. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1963.
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Megacatastrophes!: Nine Strange Ways the World Could End
Gradually, the average temperature of the planet fell until finally it entered a Snowball stage. Most of the kinds of life we see around us today, including large, complex animals and plants, have never had to face a Snowball event.
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Life Everywhere
If the “Snowball Earth” theory, stemming from the work of W. Brian Harland at the University of Cambridge in 1964, Joseph Kirschvink at Caltech in 1992, and most recently by Paul Hoffman at Harvard, is right, the global deep-freezes ...
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The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia
Chicago: Henry Regnery (1965). van der Kamp, Peter (1901–1995) Dutch-American astronomer, director of Sproul Observatory, and pioneer in the search for exoplanets. In 1937, using a technique brought to Sproul by Kaj Strand, he initiated ...
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The Universal Book of Astronomy: From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance
The ultimate guide to the final frontierThis alphabetical tour of the universe provides all the history, science, and up-to-the-minute facts needed to explore the skies with authority. Packed with more...
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Weird Math: A Teenage Genius and His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math and Everyday Life
Packed with puzzles and paradoxes, mind-bending concepts, and surprising solutions, Weird Math leads us from a lyrical exploration of mathematics in our universe to profound questions about God, chance, and infinity.
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We Are Not Alone: Why We Have Already Found Extraterrestrial Life
Using the latest scientific data, including from the Phoenix probe, which landed on Mars in 2008, We Are Not Alone stands to truly revolutionize our perception of our place in the universe.
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The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity
A commanding encyclopedia of the history and principles of spaceflight-from earliest conceptions to faster-than-light galaxy-hopping Here is the first truly comprehensive guide to space exploration and propulsion, from the first musings of ...
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Deep Time
Onward presses Voyager. Into a region where the temperature is only a few tens of degrees above absolute zero. Where the sun appears 30 times smaller than it does from Earth. And 900 times fainter. So faint that to capture images of the ...
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Deep Time
He is also the author of Teleportation: The Impossible Leap, Zen Physics, The Universal Book of Astronomy, The Complete Book of Spaceflight, and The Universal Book of Mathematics, as well as more than 30 children's books.
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Mayday!: A History of Flight through its Martyrs, Oddballs and Daredevils
In Mayday!, David Darling tells the stories of the unconventional aviators across history who have been willing to risk all to further their craft.
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Weirder Maths: At the Edge of the Possible
David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee go in search of the perfect labyrinth, journey back to the second century in pursuit of ‘bubble maths’, reveal the weirdest mathematicians in history and transform the bewildering into the beautiful, ...
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Weird Maths: At the Edge of Infinity and Beyond
Packed with puzzles and paradoxes, mind-bending concepts and surprising solutions, this is for anyone who wants life’s questions answered – even those you never thought to ask.
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Life Everywhere
Informed by interviews with most of the top people in this nascent field, this book introduces readers to one of the most important scientific developments of the next century.
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Universal Book of Mathematics
This A to Z resource provides endless exploration into the world of numbers.
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Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson is portrayed as the man of wit, wisdom, and uncompromising ideals that made him for millions the tragic hero of contemporary American politics.
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The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity
A commanding encyclopedia of the history and principles of spaceflight-from earliest conceptions to faster-than-light galaxy-hopping Here is the first truly comprehensive guide to space exploration and propulsion, from the first musings of ...
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The Biggest Number in the World: A Journey to the Edge of Mathematics
Or can there? To find out, David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee embark on an epic quest, revealing the answers to questions like: are there more grains of sand on Earth or stars in the universe?
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The Universal Book of Astronomy: From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance
The ultimate guide to the final frontier This alphabetical tour of the universe provides all the history, science, and up-to-the-minute facts needed to explore the skies with authority.
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The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes
Praise for David Darling The Universal Book of Astronomy "A first-rate resource for readers and students of popular astronomy and general science.