John Gribbin

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John Gribbin (born March 19, 1946 in Maidstone / Kent ) is a British astrophysicist and science author who mainly writes on astronomy and related topics.

He holds degrees in physics (1966) and astronomy (1967) from the University of Sussex and a PhD in astrophysics from Cambridge University (1971) and has worked for Nature , New Scientist and The Times .

He teaches and researches at the University of Sussex and has written numerous popular science non -fiction books and some science fiction novels (including one co- authored with DG Compton ).

His best-known work is a book on quantum physics In search of Schrödinger's cat . Quantum Physics and Reality .

Gribbin's first book The Jupiter Effect , which was published together with Stephan H. Plageman in 1974, revolves around the curious prediction that the congregation of all then nine planets on one side of the sun will lead to natural disasters on earth in 1982. Los Angeles should also be destroyed by an earthquake. A year after the natural disasters did not materialize, Gribbin and Plageman published The Jupiter Effect Reconsidered , in which they revised their theories, but did not reject them. Both books became bestsellers in the UK. In 1999 Gribbin distanced himself with the sentence "I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it" (I don't like it and I'm sorry that I ever had anything to do with it). The Jupiter Effect made it into the Smithsonian Institute's top 10 never-come-down doomsday .

In 2009 Gribbin was recognized by the Association of British Science Writers for his life's work, and his contribution "Don't Dumb Me Down" (The Guardian on September 8, 2005) was named the best scientific newspaper article of the year.

Non-fiction

  • Looking for Schrödinger's cat. Quantum Physics and Reality (In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, 1984), current edition 2009 ISBN 3-492-24030-5
  • The First Genesis: God, Time and the Big Bang (In Search Of The Big Bang: Quantum Physics and Cosmology, 1986) 1995 ISBN 3-884-98086-6
  • In search of the omega point. Decay or Infinity as Fate of the Universe (The Omega Point: The Search for the Missing Mass and the Ultimate Fate of the Universe, 1988) 1990 ISBN 3-492-03339-3
  • How little separates us from the monkey (The One Percent Advantage, with Mary Gribbin, 1988), 1995 ISBN 3-458-33461-0
  • A universe made to measure. Conditions of our existence (Cosmic Coincidences - Dark Matter, Mankind, and Anthropic Cosmology, with Martin Rees , 1989) 1991 ISBN 3-7643-2558-5
  • Our sun. A Mysterious Star (Blinded by the Light. The Secret Life of the Sun, 1991) 1992 ISBN 3-7643-2683-2
  • Stephen Hawking: The Biography (Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science, with Michael White, 1992) 1994 ISBN 3-498-07325-7
  • On the way to the world formula (The Matter Myth, 1992, with Paul Davies ) 1993 current edition ISBN 3-898-36498-4
  • In the beginning was ... News about the Big Bang and the evolution of the cosmos (In the Beginning. After COBE and before the Big Bang, 1993) 1995 ISBN 3-7643-5005-9
  • Raum & Zeit (Eyewitness Science: Time & Space, 1994, with Mary Gribbin), 2007 ISBN 3-836-95529-6
  • Schrödinger's Kitten and the Search for Reality (Schrodinger's Kittens, 1995), 1998 ISBN 3-596-14151-6
  • Richard Feynman . The Biography of a Genius (Richard Feynman: A Life In Science, with Mary Gribbin, 1997), 2000 ISBN 3-492-04041-1
  • The Little Book Of Science : From Atom to Universe (The Little Book Of Science, 1999), 2007 ISBN 3-492-25090-4
  • Stardust creatures. Why We Are Not Unique (Stardust: Supernovae and Life - The Cosmic Connection, with Mary Gribbin, 2000), 2005 ISBN 3-492-24593-5

novel

criticism

  • Thomas Roth on the father of mankind : "Hardly any science fiction novel in recent years has had such a depressing end. Because Gribbin's gloomy picture of an all too realistic future is based on precise social observations and scientific facts that belong to him - and here he is whole Scientists - can be extrapolated almost dispassionately. The style of the novel is kept simple, the story is told in a straight line and the characters unfold. "
  • Karsten Kruschel on The Ship of Visions : "In his little novel, John Gribbin celebrates thinking people in a really surprising and, above all, convincing way."

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/ein-z togetherruecken- der-planeten-soll-fluten-und-erdbeben-verursachen-der-weltuntergang-naht-wieder-einmal, 10810590,9785300.html
  2. ↑ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ten-notable-apocalypses-that-obviously-didnt-happen-9126331/?no-ist=
  3. ↑ http://www.johngribbinbooks.com/books.html#bib
  4. ↑ http://www.absw.org.uk/absw-awards/previous-winners.html
  5. ↑ See Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Das Science Fiction Jahr 1993 , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-453-06202-7 , p. 693.
  6. ↑ See Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Das Science Fiction Jahr 2002 , ISBN 3-453-19674-0 , p. 770.

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SURNAME Gribbin, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British astrophysicist and science writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Maidstone , Kent