Books Gaita, Raimond to Gruska, Josef

Gaita, Raimond

The philosopher's dog	Routledge, 2002	ISBN: 0415332877
Philosophy can be an obscure subject. In The philosopher's dog Raimond Gaita uses the medium of stories about his dogs and other animals to introduce some deep philosophical ideas, about the status of animals and much more besides. However, it is not a 'Philosophy made simple' sort of a book - some of the philosophy is pretty challenging - and this is where I felt the book falls down. Those who are interested in the doggy anecdotes are likely to be turned off by the philosophising, which increases as the book progresses - there was too much philosophy and not enough dog. Continued..

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Garey, M

Computers and Intractability

Freeman, 1979

ISBN: 0716710455

Mentioned in

P vs NP

Co-author

Johnson,D

Computers and intractability : a guide to the theory of NP-completeness by Michael R. Garey and David S. Johnson is a standard textbook for those interested in the theory of NP completeness. Continued..

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Garwood, Christine

Flat Earth	Macmillan, 2007	ISBN: 0330432893
Many people think that Columbus discovered the world was round. You need to get one thing straight - this is a myth. People knew that the earth was round thousands of years before Columbus. Christine Garwood explains this in the first couple of chapters of Flat Earth: the history of an infamous idea Continued..

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Gasser, Robert

An introduction to statistical thermodynamics

World Scientific, 1995

ISBN: 9810223722

Mentioned in

Absolute zero

Co-author

Richards,W G

An introduction to statistical thermodynamics by Gasser and Richards is a small book, but the authors manage to pack a significant amount of useful material into it. The book contains the typical applications of thermodynamics to physics, such as calculation of heat capacities and the behaviour of materials at low temperatures but since the authors are professors of chemistry, the book also has several chapters on topics related to that subject, such as rates of reaction and spectroscopy. The final chapter looks at the thermodynamics of biopolymers, showing how the subject relates to the behaviour of DNA and proteins. Continued..

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Gates, Evalyn

Einstein's Telescope	Norton, 2009	ISBN: 9780393062380
Experimental cosmology appears to indicate that much of the universe is dark, that is of a form currently unknown to us. In Einstein's Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe Evalyn Gates tells of the new methods, and in particular gravitational lensing, which are being used to find out more about the dark component of our universe. Continued..

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Gazzaniga, Michael S

Human	ecco, 2008	ISBN: 9780060892883
There are many similarities between humans and other animals, but Michael S Gazzaniga thinks that theres a danger of ignoring the differences. In Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique he points out areas where there is a considerable distance between humans and other members of the animal kingdom. Continued..

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Gebert, Hans

The Marriage of Sense and Thought

Lindisfarne Press, 1992

ISBN: 086315140X

Co-authors

Edelglass,Stephen

Maier,Georg

Reductionism is a powerful force in the development of science. In The Marriage of Sense and Thought: Imaginitive Participation in Science the authors claim that it is driving science in the wrong direction, and what is more that it is leading to a lack of meaning in our lives. For instance the claim in the first chapter is that smiles are being robbed of their meaning by scientists describing them in reductionist terms. So how do the authors justify this claim. Well, I have to say: not very well - they seem to take it as read in their discussions, whereas I would see it as something which requires a lot of supporting argument in order to be taken seriously. Continued..

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Gigerenzer, Gerd

Gut Feelings	Allen Lane, 2007	ISBN: 9780713997514
To make a decision we should carefully consider all aspects of the question before coming to a conclusion, shouldn't we? Not according to Gerd Gigerenzer. In Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious he argues that the quick, off the cuff decision will often be better than that reached by long deliberation. Continued..

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Gilbert, Daniel

Stumbling on happiness

Harperperennial, 2006

ISBN: 0007183127

Mentioned in

Full Review

There are plenty of books that try to tell you how to be happy, but Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert isn't one of them. Rather it is an explanation of why we often fail miserably in this quest. In particular it explains why we are so bad at predicting the future. Although we're pretty good at predicting the immediate outcome of what we do, predictions about something that is more than a day or so ahead are a different matter entirely. We're especially bad at predicting how we will feel after some event - a significant failing as we try to organise our lives to consist of what we think will make us happy. Continued..

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Gilder, George

Silicon Eye	Norton, 2005	ISBN: 0393057631
Bringing a new technology to market against established competition is never easy, and often results in much frustration. In Silicon Eye tells the story of the Foveon imager, and how it promises to make imaging cheap enough to become ubiquitous - if it can deal with the competion in the form of CCD digital cameras that is. More generally the book shows how brilliant ideas for analogue devices based on the brain and other biological systems have struggled when they have had to compete with the relentless - Moore's law - march of the more established digital devices. Continued..

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Gilmour, Iain

An Introduction to Astrobiology	Cambridge University Press, 2003	ISBN: 0521546214
Life elsewhere in the universe is a staple of science fiction but it might seem to be pure speculation. However, in 'An introduction to Astrobiology', Iain Gilmour shows that there is some real science behind the search for extraterrestrial life. It's written as an undergraduate textbook for The Open University, but does not require much in the way of scientific background - the authors are careful to explain the science needed at each stage. With plenty of pictures and diagrams, together with exercises for the reader with full solutions, it makes an excellent resource for those wanting to improve their knowledge of this subject beyond the sci-fi stage. Continued..

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Gilster, Paul

Centauri Dreams

Springer

ISBN: 038700436X

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Interstellar travel

A serious look at the possibilities of interstellar travel.

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Gingerich, Owen

The book nobody read	Arrow	ISBN: 0099476444
The title is from Koestler's The Sleepwalkers, and refers to Copernicus's. De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium. Historian of Science Gingerich saw that one copy had been well anotated, and so clearly somebody had read it. He then started on a quest to find who had read the early editions, by looking at annotations. This expanded into a search for all existing copies of the 1st and 2nd editions. Combines a biography of Copernicus and his student Rheticus, with an account of Gingerich's studies over more than 30 years. Continued..

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Ginzburg, V L

Superconductivity

World Scientific, 2004

ISBN: 981238913X

Mentioned in

Absolute zero

Co-author

Andryushin,E A

Superconductivity is a counterintuitive phenomenon, and although it has been known about for nearly a century, the reasons for it happening can seem somewhat obscure. In this short book Ginzburg and Andryushin explain the subject in easy to follow way, but without oversimplifying things too much, and I found that it clarified several things in my mind concerning superconductivity and the Meissner effect. No prior experience of the subject is required to read the book, although it would be helpful for the reader to have some background scientific knowledge. The text is easy to read, although sometimes a sentence seems a bit stilted. I would recommend the book to readers who have read a little about superconductivity and would like to find out more about the subject without getting into technicalities. Continued..

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Giulini, Domenico

Special relativity - a first encounter	World Scientific	ISBN: 0198567464
The author claims that he has tried to use a minimum of mathematics in this book. However, there are certainly introductions to special relativity which use less mathematics, and I would say that this book was more suited to someone who has read such introductions but wants to get a firmer grasp on the subject, but without ploughing through a large textbook on the subject. Giulini packs a lot of information into a compact book without it feeling rushed and makes good use of diagrams. The mathematics is aimed at a 'well educated 16 year old', and so the book should have a wide audience. Continued..

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Glass, Bentley

Forerunners of Darwin

John Hopkins, 1959

ISBN: 0801802229

Co-authors

Temkin,Owsei

Straus,William J

Forerunners of Darwin is a collection of essays looking at what was written about evolution before Darwin published his theory. Following a substantial introduction, the book has two main parts, dealing with the 18^th and 19^th centuries respectively. The 18^thcentury part has essays on some of the main writers on the subject of this period, such as Maupertuis, Diderot, Linnaeus and Herder. The 19^thcentury part deals less with individual writers, and more with considerations of some of the philososophical ideas of evolution and the objections to them, including plenty of discussion of the idea that 'Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny'. Continued..

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Godel, Kurt

On formally undecidable propositions of Principia mathematica and related systems

Dover Publications, 1931

ISBN: 0486669807

Mentioned in

Gdel's incompleteness theorem

This is a reprint of one of the most significant of all mathematical papers - Gödel's proof of his incompleteness theorem.

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Goldacre, Ben

Bad Science	HarperCollins, 2008	ISBN: 9780007240197
Our health is a very important matter to us, so we naturally tend to take notice when we hear of possible breakthroughs in medicine, or new dangers to our well being. But how much weight should be give to such reports. If you read Bad Science by Ben Goldacre then you will learn to be very wary about believing what you hear. Continued..

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Goldberg, Elkhonon

The Wisdom Paradox	Simon & Schuster, 2005	ISBN: 0743264010
Our brains tend to deteriorate as we get older. On the other hand wisdom seems to be associated with old age. In The Wisdom Paradox Elkhonon Goldberg examines this apparent contradiction, and looks at what we can do to get the wisdom rather than the deterioration. He shows that, as well as the holistic/reductionistic distinction, recent work links the right side of the brain to dealing with novelty and the left to recognising patterns. He looks at how the relative importance of these two sides changes as we get older - and at what can be done to influence this. Continued..

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Goldblum, Naomi

The brain shaped mind	Cambridge University Press, 2001	ISBN: 0521000947
Philosophers and scientist have puzzled over the nature of our minds throughout history. In The Brain-Shaped Mind Naomi Goldblum presents the connectionist theory of the mind. Unfortunately, I felt that she does not go into enough detail of connectionist models before getting on to speculations about what they may be able to do for us. There are a few chapters on the basics of connectionism, and some space is given to describing experiments in this area, but the book really needs more on the specifics of connectionist models. Continued..

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Goldstein, Martin

The refrigerator and the universe

Harvard University Press, 1993

ISBN: 0674753240

Mentioned in

Absolute zero

The laws of thermodynamics are often mentioned in popular science books, but often this only gives a superficial view. On the other hand most readers wouldn't want to struggle with thermodynamics textbooks. The refrigerator and the universe provides a substantial introduction to the subject but with a minimum of mathematics - any reader who knows a bit of high school maths. should have no trouble with this book. Indeed some might find the book slow going, with more than 200 pages taken to introduce the first and second laws of thermodynamics and to show the link between entropy and microscopic information. But it isn't difficult to read, so most readers will find the insight gained from this to be very worthwhile. Continued..

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Goldstein, Noah

Yes! 50 secrets from the science of persuasion

Profile Books, 2007

ISBN: 9781846680168

Co-authors

Martin,Steve

Cialdini,Robert

You might think that making ourselves more persuasive would require learning some complicated tactics and obscure details of human psychology. Yes! 50 secrets from the science of persuasion shows that this is not the case, that sometimes the simplest of things will greatly improve our chances of getting what we want. Continued..

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Goodchild, Peter

The Real Dr Strangelove	Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004	ISBN: 0297607340
Some people see Edward Teller as an evil figure, whereas others see him as a protector of democracy. In Edward Teller: The Real Dr Strangelove Peter Goodchild examines the reasons for this dichotomy. He gives information about Teller's early life, but much of the book deals with the years after the Second World War, when Teller was leading the development of the H-bomb, and when he supported the removal of Oppenheimer's security clearance. There is also information how Teller fared in the growing opposition to all things nuclear in the 1960's and 1970's as well as Teller's support for the SDI project in the 1980's. Continued..

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Goodman, Martin

Suffer and Survive	Pocket, 2007	ISBN: 9781416522300
The name Haldane is well known is scientific circles. J.S. might not be quite as well known as his son J.B.S. but he still has plenty of claims to fame. In Suffer and Survive: The Extreme Life of J. S. Haldane Martin Goodman tells his story. Continued..

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Gorst, Martin

Measuring Eternity: the Search for the Beginning of Time	Fourth Estate, 2001	ISBN: 1841151173
(The version I read was entitled *Aeons) All cultures have their ideas of how the world came into being. Measuring Eternity* looks at how our current view of the age of the world and of the universe has been developed. It starts from early ideas about the universe and goes via Bishop Ussher leading up to the latest cosmological research. Martin Gorst is clearly an experienced science writer, and the book is suitable for a wide audience. As well as appealing to those of you in the habit of reading science books, it would also make an interesting read for anyone wanting to see how science has interacted with religious and other ideas over the centuries. Continued..

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Gott, J. Richard

Time Travel in Einstein's Universe

Phoenix

ISBN: 0753813491

Mentioned in

Wormholes

A look at the different possibilities for time travel

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Gould, Stephen J

Ever Since Darwin	Norton, 1977	ISBN: 0393009173
Stephen Jay Gould is well known for his writings on Natural History. 'Ever Since Darwin' is his first collection of essays on the subject. Thus we find out about why the Irish Elk's antlers kept on getting bigger, even though this seemed to lead it to extinction, and about why cicadas stay in their larval stage for a prime nubmer of years. More importantly he argues that classifying people by race is fundamentally misconcieved. And if you hear about an ID'er with a 'new' argument against evolution then you should take a look at this book - Gould was refuting such arguments 30 years and more ago. Continued..

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Grady, Sean

Virtual Reality	Facts on file, 2003	ISBN: 0816046867
Virtual Reality is a topic about which there has been plenty of hype. Somehow it has never had the 'killer app.' it needs, although plenty of VR systems have been developed. In Virtual Reality: Simulating and Enhancing the World with Computers Sean M. Grady describes some of these systems. The book starts with an overview of the subject and moves on to look at the technology and programming which is required. Grady then describes how people can interact with such systems - head mounted displays, gloves and trackers as well as larger, more immersive systems. Continued..

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Green, Celia

The Decline and Fall of Science	Hamish Hamilton, 1976	ISBN: 0900076062
If you're looking for a book which expresses some of the failings of modern science, then Celia Green's The Decline and Fall of Science isn't it. True, there are some discussions of problems with physics and medicine, but they are the weakest part of the book. The rest of the book concerns two subjects. The first of these is Green's view on the nature of society, which is that far from helping its members to achieve their potential, its main purpose seems to be to hold them back. She makes some good points, and it's certainly entertaining to read her arguments. Continued..

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Greene, Brian

The fabric of the cosmos

Vintage, 2004

ISBN: 0375727205

Mentioned in

road to reality

Full Review

What are space and time. Although these are familiar concepts to us, they have always been a source of interest to philosophers and scientists, and in The Fabric of the Cosmos Brian Greene takes a look at the answers they have come up with. Thus he introduces special and general relativity, as well a quantum theory, in a non-technical way, and explains how chance and thermodynamics are related to the flow of time. He also looks at Bell's inequalities and experiments involving quantum entanglement and shows how all these things have revolutionised our ideas about space and especially time Continued..

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The Elegant Universe

Jonathan Cape, 1999

ISBN: 0224052993

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String theory is thought by many to be the best possibility for a unified theory of physics. In The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory Brian Greene gives a non-technical overview of this theory. The book starts with an introduction to various parts of modern physics, such as quantum theory, special and general relativity as well as particle physics. Greene then explains the quest for unification, and why the unification of gravity and quantum theory has presented such problems. He goes on to introduce string theory as a proposed solution to these problems, and shows how it incorporates supersymmetry (and so is sometimes known as superstring theory) as well as explaining where all the extra dimensions come in. Continued..

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Greene, John C

Science, ideology, and world view	University of California Press, 1981	ISBN: 0520042182
Science, ideology, and world view : essays in the history of evolutionary ideas is a collection of essays by John C Greene, in which he argues that to understand the development of a theory such as evolution, it is vital to know about the ideas which were around when it was developed. I found first essay on objectives and methods rather hard going - possibly aimed at specialists - but after that the book became easier to follow. Greene's next essay argues that the Kuhnian view of paradigm shift doesn't fit the development of Darwinism, which was very much based on what was 'in the air'. Continued..

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Greenfield, Susan

The private life of the brain

Penguin Books

ISBN: 0141007206

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Consciousness

There has been much argument concerning the nature of consciousness and the mind. In 'The private life of the brain Susan Greenfield avoids getting bogged down in such philosophising (in fact she is dismissive of non-physical ideas of the mind) and bases her ideas on what can actually be observed. She puts forward the idea of the 'neural correlate of consciousness', saying that different numbers of neurons being involved results in different states of consciousness. If you've ever wondered about the workings of your mind then you'll find that this hypothesis can explain a lot. The book requires no prior knowledge of the subject and is well worth reading. Continued..

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Mindwaves

Basil Blackwell, 1987

ISBN: 0631146229

Mentioned in

Consciousness

Co-author

Blakemore,Colin

The nature of consciousness is one of the hard problems of philosophy, but it isn't just a philosophical question - neuroscience is making significant progress in this area. Mindwaves, edited by Susan Greenfield and Colin Blakemore is a collection of 32 articles on various aspects of this subject, with many well know contributors such as John Searle, Roger Penrose, Marian S Dawkins and John Eccles.

The first part of the book looks at what constitutes a person - in divided brain patients are there two minds or one? The second part asks what degree of consciousness exists in animals. Continued..

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ID: The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century	Sceptre, 2008	ISBN: 9780340936009
How we percieve personal identity says a lot about the sort of society we live in. Current Western society puts a lot of store on personal fulfillment and freedom, whilst in other societies people might seem to be more like cogs in a machine. In ID: The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century Susan Greenfield looks at how our sense of identity relates to the workings of our brains, and at what this can tell us about where our society might be going. Continued..

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Gregory, Richard L

Even Odder Perceptions	Routledge, 1994	ISBN: 0415061067
Richard L Gregory was an editor for the journal Perceptions. His book Even Odder Perceptions is a collection of his editorials from the journal, expanded into essays. (The book follows his earlier work Odd Perceptions) Continued..

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Gribbin, John

Fitzroy

Routledge

ISBN: 0300103611

Co-author

Gribbin,Mary

Robert Fitzroy is known as the captain of the HMS Beagle on the voyage which started Charles Darwin's development of the theory of evolution. Apart from that, all that we generally hear about Fitzroy is that he committed suicide (with the implication that this was to do with Darwin's ideas). In Fitzroy John and Mary Gribbin tell us about the Beagle voyage, but also look at the rest of his life, showing that he was in fact much more than just 'Darwin's Captain'. This is the story of Fitzroy the original thinker, who didn't fit in well with the bureaucracy of the time. Continued..

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The birth of time

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999

ISBN: 0300089147

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stretchy space

The subject of The birth of time, that is the measurement of the age of the universe, can be rather puzzling. After all, there was no-one to mark when it began, so how can we get a reasonable idea of its age. Fortunately John Gribbin is not just a renowned science writer, he has also been involved with astronomical observations addressing the question. Hence in this book he gives an excellent explanation of how our views on the age of the universe have come about, but one which requires no prior knowledge on the part of the reader. Continued..

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In search of the edge of time

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

ISBN: 0140248145

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Wormholes

Non-technical introduction to the nature of time, from the point of view of physics.

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In search of Schrodinger's cat	Black Swan, 1984	ISBN: 0552125555
Nowadays there are plenty of books to choose from if you want a simple introduction to quantum theory, but back in 1984 John Gribbin's In search of Schrödinger's cat was one of only a handful of such books. The question is whether it is worth reading a book which was written that long ago, when the subject has certainly moved on. Well, there's plenty of information here but the book takes a more historical viewpoint than most. If you want to find out about how the subject came about then you should take a look at this easy to read book. Continued..

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The First Chimpanzee

Penguin, 2001

ISBN: 0140294813

Co-author

Cherfas,Jeremy

The descent of humans from the apes is well known, but in The First Chimpanzee:In search of Human Origins the authors claim that the established view needs considerable modification. Firstly, they find the evidence for a split from chimpanzees and gorillas less than 5 million years ago so overwhelming that they wonder why anyone still argues for an earlier split of up to 20 million years ago. More speculatively, they claim that the last common ancestor might have had many human characteristics, such as walking upright, which the other apes have lost. Continued..

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He Knew He Was Right

Allen Lane, 2009

ISBN: 9781846140167

Co-author

Gribbin,Mary

You probably know about the Gaia concept, thinking of the Earth of a living system. He Knew He Was Right: The Irrepressible Life of James Lovelock and Gaia John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin tells the fascinating story of the inventor of this idea. Continued..

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In Search of the Multiverse	Penguin, 2009	ISBN: 9781846141133
You've probably heard of the idea that we live in one of many parallel universe. John Gribbin's recent book In search of the Multiverse takes a look at some of the science behind this idea, and where it may lead us. Continued..

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Gribbin, Mary

Fitzroy

Penguin

ISBN: 0300103611

Co-author

Gribbin,John

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He Knew He Was Right

Allen Lane, 2009

ISBN: 9781846140167

Co-author

Gribbin,John

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Griffin, Donald

Animal Thinking	Harvard University Press, 1984	ISBN: 0674037138
Are animals conscious? Some would say that it's clear that their pets think in a way very similar to humans. But there is also the view that attributing feelings and desires to animals is an unscientific way of accounting for their behaviour. In Animal Thinking Donald R Griffin claims that animals are indeed conscious, and not just large mammals, but even creatures as small as bees. Continued..

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Grinnell, Frederick

Everyday practice of science	Oxford University Press, 2009	ISBN: 9780195064575
Science is sometime perceived to be a purely logical pursuit but in Everyday Practice of Science: Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic Frederick Grinnell explains how this perception leaves out much of what actually happens in scientific research. Continued..

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Grossman, Terry

Fantastic Voyage

Rodale, 2004

ISBN: 1405077603

Co-author

Kurzweil,Ray

With each new advance in medicine we gain the possibility of living a bit longer - but it seems that death will eventually come to us all. But can we be so certain of this? In Fantastic Voyage: Live long enough to Live For Ever Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman claim that immortality is a possibility for many of those alive today. Continued..

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Gruska, Josef

Quantum Computing

Mcgraw Hill, 1999

ISBN: 0077095030

Mentioned in

quantum computing

Quantum Computing by Josef Gruska is a wide ranging textbook dealing with quantum computational topics at a level suitable for advanced undergraduates or those pursuing independent study who have a similar level of experience. Continued..

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