David Darling: 18 books
Mayday!
A History of Flight through its Martyrs, Oddballs, and Daredevils
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling history - ranging from the first aircraft to astronauts and beyond - David Darling tells the stories of the true-life adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements, and, sometimes,...
The Universal Book of Mathematics
From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
Praise for David Darling
The Universal Book of Astronomy
"A first-rate resource for readers and students of popular astronomy and general science. . . . Highly recommended."
-Library Journal
"A comprehensive survey and . . . a rare treat."
-Focus
The...
Weirder Maths
At the Edge of the Possible
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Since there is something rather than nothing, could nothing exist?
Can you make the perfect labyrinth?
Does a quantum event have to be observed before it’s ‘real’?
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any stranger, David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee’s reveal ‘bubble...
Megacatastrophes!
Nine Strange Ways The World Could End
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Celebrate the year of the Mayan Apocalypse in style with Megacatastrophes!, as Dr. David Darling and Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch delve into the amazing science of the end of the world.Could it be the asteroid hurtling towards us from outer space, or a super-volcano covering the Earth under a cloud of ash;...
Weird Math
A Teenage Genius and His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math and Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
A teenage genius and his teacher take readers on a wild ride to the extremes of mathematics
Everyone has stared at the crumpled page of a math assignment and wondered, where on Earth will I ever use this? It turns out, Earth is precisely the place. As teen math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his...
Equations of Eternity
Speculations on Consciousness, Meaning, and the Mathematical Rules That Orchestrate the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2012
In a dazzling, lyrical mixture of science and philosophy, acclaimed science writer David Darling makes a provocative case for the workings of human consciousness, its origins, and its destiny when the next "Big Bang" precipitates a quantum leap in evolution. Equations of Eternity rethinks...
The Universal Book of Astronomy
From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
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. Packed with more than 3,000 entries that cover everything from major observatories and space telescopes to...
Zen Physics
The Science of Death, the Logic of Reincarnation
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2012
Acclaimed astrophysicist David Darling comes well-armed with both science and mysticism to provide a theory of consciousness and its final conclusion. The science of death and the logic of reincarnation give pause to our current thinking process. Yet, after reading this book you can nod our head in...
We Are Not Alone
Why We Have Already Found Extraterrestrial Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
This groundbreaking book demonstrates that between the results of the 1976 Viking I lander and the latest scientific discoveries from fertile Martian soil to microbe-ridden meteorites there is a powerful case for life on the Red Planet and beyond. Exploring what forms extraterrestrial life might...
Teleportation
The Impossible Leap
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2007
An authoritative, entertaining examination of the ultimate thrill ride
Until recently the stuff of sci-fi fiction and Star Trek reruns, teleportation has become a reality-for subatomic particles at least. In this eye-opening book, science author David Darling follows the remarkable evolution of teleportation,...
The Complete Book of Spaceflight
From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
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 the Greeks to current scientific speculation about interstellar...
Soul Search
A Scientist Explores the Afterlife
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2012
What happens when we die? Does everything we are just stop? Is consciousness lost forever? Or does some vital spark inside us, a spirit or a soul, live on? We find it almost impossible to think about not having a mind, of our awareness being snuffed out like a candle. Yet the stark fact is that within a century or so, everyone alive today – all six billion of us – will be dead.
by David Darling
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
To many people, the main question about extraterrestrial life is whether it exists. But to the scientific community, that question has already been answered: it does, and within our solar system. The new science of astrobiology is already being practiced at NASA's Astrobiology Institute and the University...
by David Darling
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia is an A-to-Z of the search for life in the Universe. Entries cover astrobiology, the origins and evolution of life, the hunt for exoplanets, SETI, and extraterrestrial life in science fiction, philosophy, and popular speculation (including UFOs). The book is written in an engaging style for the layperson and contains numerous B&W illustrations.
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