David Darling (astronomer)

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David Darling (born July 29, 1953 in Glossop , Derbyshire ) is an English astronomer and a freelance scientific writer. He worked for several years in the USA as an application software manager for Cray Research (supercomputers) in Minneapolis . At the time he was writing for Astronomy Magazine in his spare time, then decided to work as a full time freelance writer. He now lives in Dundee , Scotland .

Darling has published many popular science papers, including Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology (2001).

His Internet Encyclopedia of Science is a popular online resource.

bibliography

  • "Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology" (2001). ISBN 978-0465015634
  • "The Encyclopedia of Science" website
  • "The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia: An Alphabetical Reference to All Life in the Universe" (2000) ISBN 978-0-8129-3248-5 (paperback)
  • "The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity" (2002) ISBN 978-0-471-05649-2 (hardcover)
  • "The Universal Book of Astronomy: From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance. ISBN 978-0471265696
  • "The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes ISBN 978-0471270478
  • "Teleportation: The Impossible Leap. (2005) ISBN 978-0471470953
  • "Gravity's Arc: The Story of Gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond. ISBN 978-0471719892
  • "Beyond 2000: Micromachines and Nanotechnology: The Amazing New World of the Ultrasmall
  • "Equations of Eternity: Speculations on Consciousness, Meaning, and the Mathematical Rules That Orchestrate the Cosmos
  • "Spiderwebs to Skyscrapers: The Science of Structure (Experiment!)
  • "From Glasses to Gases: The Science of Matter (Experiment!)
  • "Beyond 2000: Genetic Engineering: Redrawing the Blueprint of Life
  • "Between Fire and Ice: The Science of Heat (experiment!)
  • "Sounds Interesting: The Science of Acoustics (experiment!)
  • "Up, Up and Away: The Science of Flight (Experiment!)
  • "Making Light Work: The Science of Optics (experiment!)
  • "Could You Ever Live Forever
  • "Deep Time
  • "The New Astronomy: An Ever-Changing Universe (Discovering Our Universe)
  • "Other Worlds: Is There Life Out There (Discovering Our Universe)
  • "The Universe: Past, Present, and Future (Discovering Our Universe)
  • "Stars: From Birth to Black Hole (Discovering Our Universe)
  • "Galaxies: Cities of Stars (Discovering Our Universe)
  • "Universal Book of Astronomy
  • "Gravity's Arc
  • "Genetic Engineering: Redrawing the Blueprint of Life (Beyond Two Thousand Ser.)
  • "Soul Search: A Scientist Explores the Afterlife
  • "Computers in Science (The World of Computers)
  • "Zen Physics: The Science of Death, the Logic of Reincarnation" (1996)

Web links

Individual evidence

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