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Space : Our Final Frontier (Indaba Mini Curio Series) by Gribbin, John is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The BBC documentary series Space is sure to inspire purchases of the accompanying coffee-table book. Some will buy it for the pictures--and they won't be disappointed. Young stars eject gas and dust in pearl-coloured billows that wrinkle up under their own weight until they resemble morel. Radiation sculpts a molecular cloud into fingers clustered with rings of newborn suns. Those who buy Space for its account of the Cosmos, however, are in for the biggest treat. The author, John Gribbin, is a scientist of some reputation, having helped calculate the best current estimate of the age of the universe. But it is in the rarely celebrated role of popular educator that Gribbin excels. He is a most prolific science writer (not least thanks to his wife Mary, a science writer in her own right and John's frequent and adept collaborator). In Space, Gribbin's task is to cover everything cosmological. In the first few pages, we learn that the Sun is a star. By the end, we're slipping comfortably and entertainingly through mini essays on quantum fluctuations, the negativity of gravity and how to create your own universe. And this in a book of only 230 pages, many filled by pictures. This book wo

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Author

Gribbin, John

Publisher

BBC Books

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780563537137

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Mathematics, Astronomy

Rating

5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14