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On the Origin of Evolution: Tracing 'Darwin's Dangerous Idea' from Aristotle to Dawkins by John Gribbin; Mary Gribbin
$45.00 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. Rather it has been examined and debated by philosophers the world over for thousands of years. This lively history traces the evolution of the idea of evolution, showing how it ha ...Show more
Six Impossible Things by John Gribbin
$19.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
A short guide to the six theories that try to explain the wild world of the quantum.
Six Impossible Things by John Gribbin
$19.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Quanta of Solace & Mysteries of Subatomic World
Quantum physics is strange. It tells us that a particle can be in two places at once. Indeed, that particle is also a wave, and everything in the quantum world can be described entirely in terms of waves, or entirely in terms of particles, whichever you prefer. All of this was clear by the end of the ...Show more
Stardust : Supernovae and Life : The Cosmic Connection by Mary John; Gribbin Gribbin
$39.00 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
We are made of stardust--and so is all life as we know it. All the chemical elements on earth except hydrogen--including the ones in our bodies--have been processed inside stars, scattered across the universe in great stellar explosions, and recycled to become new stars, planets, and parts of us. In t ...Show more