John Gribbin

Also known as: 约翰・格里宾

Born
1946–present
Nationality
British
Notable works
The Universe: A Biography13.8 Billion Years of Creation: The Age of the Universe and the Principles of All ThingsIn Search of Schrödinger's Cat: The Strange World of Quantum Physics

14 written works

About the author

John Gribbin is a British science writer and astrophysicist, born in 1946 in Maidstone, Kent. He earned a PhD in astrophysics from the University of Cambridge, has worked as an editor at Nature and New Scientist, and is currently a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. His writing spans cosmology, quantum physics and scientist biographies, with representative works including In Search of Schrödinger's Cat, The Universe: A Biography and a biography of Feynman; the library holds 10 of his titles. He is known for making profound scientific ideas clear and readable. The author of more than a hundred books translated into over 30 languages, he received the Association of British Science Writers' lifetime achievement award in 2009.

Written (14)

13.8 Billion Years of Creation: The Age of the Universe and the Principles of All Things cover
Rating 4.3
13.8 Billion Years of Creation: The Age of the Universe and the Principles of All Things John Gribbin / 林清 Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House · 2024 For many years, scientists have longed to find a “theory of everything” that would unify relativity and quantum theory within a single mathematical fr…
Wonders: The Mystery of the Moon, the Origin of the Universe, and the Beginning of Life cover
Rating 4.0
Wonders: The Mystery of the Moon, the Origin of the Universe, and the Beginning of Life John Gribbin / 张玫瑰 · 2024 Following his popular In Search of Schrödinger's Cat and Deep Simplicity, John Gribbin turns readers' attention to some seemingly impossible yet aston…
A Brief History of Science: From the Renaissance to Interstellar Exploration cover
Rating 4.0
A Brief History of Science: From the Renaissance to Interstellar Exploration John Gribbin / 陈志辉 / 吴燕 Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House · 2023 From the Renaissance to the end of the twentieth century, science broke free of natural philosophy and grew into a magnificent tapestry woven from man…
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: The Strange World of Quantum Physics cover
Rating 4.3
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: The Strange World of Quantum Physics John Gribbin / 张广才 / 赵晓玲 · 2022 In Search of Schrödinger's Cat is a popular science book that spans quantum mechanics, physics, and philosophy. It serves as a scientific guide, leadi…
Schrödinger's Kitten: An Exploration of Quantum Physics and Reality cover
Rating 4.2
Schrödinger's Kitten: An Exploration of Quantum Physics and Reality John Gribbin / 张广才 / 赵晓玲 · 2022 Here you will find everything you need to understand the theory, whether or not you have read articles on the subject before. You will encounter seemi…
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Rating 4.2
In Search of the Multiverse John Gribbin / 常宁 / 何玉静 · 2021 This book shows you how to use analogy to explore the strange and fascinating multiverse. Its author covers the full range of possibilities that peopl…
In Search of the Edge of Time: Black Holes, White Holes and Wormholes cover
Rating 4.2
In Search of the Edge of Time: Black Holes, White Holes and Wormholes John Gribbin / 王大明 / 李斌 · 2021 The book Search for the Edge of Time: Black Holes, White Holes, and Wormholes tells how the phenomenon now called the "black hole" was described as ea…
Earth Science Everyone Should Understand cover
Rating 3.8
Earth Science Everyone Should Understand John Gribbin Zhejiang Education Publishing House · 2021 Is the Earth really 13.8 billion years old, or are there other answers? What drift path did the continents follow to shape today's plate tectonics? Ho…
Fascinating Scientific Elegance: A Biography of Feynman cover
Rating 4.2
Fascinating Scientific Elegance: A Biography of Feynman John Gribbin / 玛丽·格里宾 / 江向东 Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House · 2020 Richard Feynman is one of the most beloved scientists of our time. He secured his place in history not only through his immense contributions to scien…
Celebrated Popular Science Classics Series (14-Book Set) cover
Celebrated Popular Science Classics Series (14-Book Set) 迪克·斯瓦伯 / 丹·福尔克 / 斯蒂芬·杰·古尔德 / 哈尔·赫尔佐格 / 查尔斯·塞弗 / John Gribbin / 盖瑞·祖卡夫 / 马尔巴·塔罕 / 劳伦斯 · M. 克劳斯 / 戴维·费尔津 Hainan Publishing House · 2020 Celebrated Popular Science Classics Series is an e-book boxed set in Hainan Publishing House's "Classic Popular Science by Great Authors" line, collec…
Profound Simplicity cover
Rating 4.2
Profound Simplicity John Gribbin / 马自恒 Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2019 Why can science tell us how the interiors of planets work, yet struggle to describe human behavior? Why could Newton not precisely predict changes in …
The Universe: A Biography cover
Rating 4.5
The Universe: A Biography John Gribbin Hunan Science & Technology Press · 2018 The Universe: A Biography is a life story of the universe itself, written by the British science writer and astrophysicist John Gribbin. Taking the fo…
First Drive Series: Universe Series cover
First Drive Series: Universe Series Stephen William Hawking / 罗杰·彭罗斯 / 基普·S.索恩 / Rudolf Kippenhahn / F. Hoyle / J. Narika / 伦纳德·萨斯坎德 / John Gribbin / Shing-Tung Yau / 尼尔·德格拉斯·泰森 Hunan Science & Technology Press · 2018 The First Drive Series: Universe Series is the cosmology- and astrophysics-focused subset of Hunan Science and Technology Press's "First Drive Series,…
First Push Library · Universe Series (Collector’s Edition) cover
First Push Library · Universe Series (Collector’s Edition) Stephen William Hawking / 基普·S.索恩 / 罗杰·彭罗斯 / Rudolf Kippenhahn / John Gribbin Hunan Science & Technology Press · 2012 The First Push Library · Universe Series (Collector’s Edition) is a hardcover boxed set released by Hunan Science and Technology Press in May 2012 to …

Publishers

Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing HouseJiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing HouseZhejiang Education Publishing HouseHainan Publishing HouseHunan Science & Technology Press