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"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-bending journey into the improbable truths of science. Echoing Sherlock Holmes' famous saying, John Gribbin tells us: "Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, is certainly possible, based on current scientific knowledge." With this thought, in his sequel to the highly popular "Six Impossible Things and Seven Columns of Science," Gribbin focuses on some of the astonishingly improbable truths of science.
For example: We know that the Universe had a beginning, and when it was - while we also know that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating. We can detect waves in space that are ten thousand times the width of a proton, created by colliding black holes billions of light-years from Earth. And, most importantly from our perspective, all complex life forms on Earth today are descended from a single cell - but without the stabilizing influence of the Moon, life forms like us would never have evolved.
Pages: 160, Dimensions: 13.8x13.8cm
Manufacturer
- Author
- John Gribbin
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Type
- Natural Sciences
- Language
- English
- Cover
- Hardcover
- Number of Pages
- 160
- Publication Date
- 2021
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781785787355
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