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Title: Stardust: Supernovae and Life: The Cosmic Connection by John R. Gribbin, Mary Gribbin ISBN: 0300084196 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75
Rating: 4
Summary: "We are all starstuff"
Comment: Carl Sagan was fond of the observation that "we are all starstuff"-that the atoms and molecules in our bodies were forged in the big bang and in the heart of exploding supernovae.
Gribbin fills in the background on that observation, describing how the simpler elements are formed during the big bang and how more complex elements are formed inside stars, particularly when they explode. It is a two-fold history, both of how astronomers and astrophysicists (a remarkably recent discipline) discovered how these were formed and of the universe itself and how it developed.
The only complaint I can come up with is that Gribbin gives Sagan too little credit, never quoting him with the statement above, even though it's truer and more characteristic than the "billions and billions" phrase the impressionists like to use. It's ironic that part of Gribbin's subtitle is the title of one of Sagan's most notable books.
Other than that, this is a gripping and easy-to-read relating of some of the fundamental concepts in modern astronomy. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: The magic of the stars
Comment: Stardust is a magic bok about the cosmic connec tions between the atoms in our bodies and the stars themselves. I rate this John Gribbin's best ever book, and much clearer than Marcus Chown's Magic Furnace. If you only read one science book this year, it has to be this one!
Rating: 5
Summary: John Gribbin's survey of supernovae and life
Comment: John Gribbin's survey of supernovae and life examines the developments in 20th century astronomy which led to the conclusion that human life is derived from stardust. From the 1920s, when scientists discerned the composition of stars, to work in the 1950s and 60s which equated cosmology to human origins, Stardust provides an intriguing history.
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Title: The Birth of Time: How Astronomers Measured the Age of the Universe by John R. Gribbin ISBN: 0300089147 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Hyperspace: The Universe and Its Mysteries by John R. Gribbin, John Gribbin ISBN: 0789478382 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 15 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Cosmic Clouds: Birth, Death, and Recycling in the Galaxy by James B. Kaler ISBN: 0716750759 Publisher: W H Freeman & Co Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Three Roads to Quantum Gravity by Lee Smolin ISBN: 0465078354 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Essential Science: How the Brain Works (Essential Science Series) by John McCrone, John Gribbin ISBN: 078948420X Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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