David J. Darling

Biographie

Naissance	29 juillet 1953 (71 ans) Glossop (Derbyshire)
Nationalité	britannique
Activités	Astronome, écrivain, scientifique

Œuvres principales

The Universal Book of Mathematics

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David Darling (1953-) est un astronome et écrivain britannique. Il a publié plusieurs œuvres de vulgarisation scientifique telles que Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology (2001) et le livre à succès The Universal Book of Mathematics (en) (2004). Il est également connu pour son encyclopédie en ligne Encyclopedia of Science^[1].

• We Are Not Alone: Why We Have Already Found Extraterrestrial Life (2010) (ISBN 978-1-85168-719-0).
• Gravity's Arc: The Story of Gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond (2006) (ISBN 978-0-471-71989-2).
• Teleportation: The Impossible Leap (2005) (ISBN 978-0-471-47095-3).
• The Universal Book of Mathematics (en): From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes (2004) (ISBN 978-0-471-27047-8).
• The Universal Book of Astronomy: From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance (2003) (ISBN 978-0-471-26569-6).
• The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity (2002) (ISBN 978-0-471-05649-2)
• Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology (2001) (ISBN 978-0-465-01563-4)
• The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia: An Alphabetical Reference to All Life in the Universe (2000) (ISBN 978-0-8129-3248-5)
• Zen Physics: The Science of Death, the Logic of Reincarnation (1996) (ISBN 0-06-017352-1)
• Soul Search : A Scientist Explores the Afterlife (1995) (ISBN 0-517-17819-2)
• Equations of Eternity: Speculations on Consciousness, Meaning, and the Mathematical Rules That Orchestrate the Cosmos (1993) (ISBN 1-56282-875-4)
• Deep Time: The Journey of a Single Subatomic Particle From the Moment of Creation To the Death of the Universe and Beyond (1989) (ISBN 0-385-29757-2)

• Série Beyond 2000 (1995–96)
  • Micromachines and Nanotechnology: The Amazing New World of the Ultrasmall (ISBN 0-87518-615-7)
  • Genetic Engineering: Redrawing the Blueprint of Life (ISBN 0-87518-614-9)
  • The Health Revolution: Surgery and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century (ISBN 0-87518-616-5)
  • Computers of the Future: Intelligent Machines and Virtual Reality (ISBN 0-87518-617-3)
• Série Experiment! (1991–92)
  • Spiderwebs to Skyscrapers: The Science of Structure (ISBN 0-87518-478-2)
  • From Glasses to Gases: The Science of Matter (ISBN 0-87518-500-2)
  • Between Fire and Ice: The Science of Heat (ISBN 0-87518-501-0)
  • Sounds Interesting: The Science of Acoustics (ISBN 0-87518-477-4)
  • Up, Up and Away: The Science of Flight (ISBN 0-87518-479-0)
  • Making Light Work: The Science of Optics (ISBN 0-87518-476-6)
• Série Could You Ever? (1990–91)
  • Could You Ever Live Forever? (ISBN 0-87518-457-X)
  • Could You Ever Build a Time Machine? (ISBN 0-87518-456-1)
  • Could You Ever Travel To the Stars? (ISBN 0-87518-446-4)
  • Could You Ever Meet an Alien? (ISBN 0-87518-447-2)
  • Could You Ever Speak Chimpanzee? (ISBN 0-87518-448-0)
  • Could You Ever Dig a Hole To China? (ISBN 0-87518-449-9)
• Série The World of Computers (1986)
  • Inside Computers: Hardware and Software (ISBN 0-87518-312-3)
  • The Microchip Revolution (ISBN 0-87518-313-1)
  • Computers At Home: Today and Tomorrow (ISBN 0-87518-314-X)
  • Robots and the Intelligent Computer (ISBN 0-87518-315-8)
  • Fast, Faster, Fastest: The Story of Supercomputers (ISBN 0-87518-316-6)
• Série Discovering Our Universe (1984–85)
  • The Sun: Our Neighborhood Star (ISBN 0-87518-261-5)
  • The Moon: A Spaceflight Away (ISBN 0-87518-262-3)
  • Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids: Rocks in Space (ISBN 0-87518-264-X)
  • The Planets: The Next Frontier (ISBN 0-87518-263-1)
  • Where Are We Going in Space (ISBN 0-87518-265-8)
  • Stars: From Birth to Black Hole (ISBN 0-87518-284-4)
  • Galaxies: Cities of Stars (ISBN 0-87518-285-2)
  • The Universe: Past, Present, and Future (ISBN 0-87518-286-0)
  • The New Astronomy: An Ever-Changing Universe (ISBN 0-87518-288-7)
  • Other Worlds: Is There Life Out There? (ISBN 0-87518-287-9)

• Vulgarisation
• Hypothèse de la Terre rare

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