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Science of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials

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ISBN-10: 0375931449

ISBN-13: 9780375931444

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mary Gribbin, John Gribbin, Philip Pullman

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Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy is renowned for its mystery and magic. What’s the truth behind it all? Is the golden compass actually based in science? How does the subtle knife cut through anything? Could there be a bomb like the one made with Lyra’s hair? How do the Gallivespians’ lodestone resonators really work? And, of course, what are the Dark Materials? Drawing on string theory and spacetime, quantum physics and chaos theory, award-winning science writers Mary and John Gribbin reveal the real science behind Philip Pullman’s bestselling fantasy trilogy in entertaining and crystal-clear prose. From the Hardcover edition.
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Book details

List price: $17.99
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 8/23/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Mary Gribbin is a science writer.

John Gribbin, visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. He is married to Mary Grivvin, also a science writer.

Philip Pullman, 1946 - Philip Pullman was born in 1946 and spent part of his youth living in Australia and graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English. Pullman is the author of many acclaimed novels, plays, and picture books for readers of all ages. He is a recent recipient of the highest award given for children's literature in England, the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Fiction Award for "The Golden Compass," the first book of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy.

Introduction
Bright Materials: The secret of science, and all the stars that shine
The stuff of the Universe
The light that shines
Beyond the rainbow
Stars like dust
Universes beyond the Universe
Dark Materials: The hidden world, and the nature of Dust
Stretching light
Coming to grips with gravity
In the beginning
Stardust
Not stars alone
Dark stuff
Where is dark matter?
From dust to Dust
Northern Lights: Lights in the sky, and the magnetic web
The magic of magnetism
The magnetic Earth
Inside the atom
Behind the Northern Lights
Excited atoms
Exploring the sky
Storms from the sky
The Golden Compass: The meaning of truth, and the unconscious mind
Consulting the oracle
Consulting the Sherlock
The science of truth-telling
The Book of Changes
Consulting the I Ching
Good news and bad news
It's all in the mind
Freud and Jung
Memories from ancient days
Is Dust conscious?
The magic of science
Other Worlds: Worlds beyond the world, and the quantum cat
In search of the quantum world
Stranger than fiction
In with a chance
Watch what you're doing
Confused atoms
Collapsing cats
Many Worlds
Making worlds
The Subtle Knife: Hidden dimensions, and how to cut them
The string's the thing
How short is a piece of string?
Hidden dimensions
Spectral escapees
Stretching space
Worlds within worlds
The Worlds of If: The power of choice, and a balancing act
In the balance
Weather, or not
Worlds within worlds
Tilting the scales
Making your mind up
When worlds diverge
Infinite possibilities
Living Together: The nature of wheels, hummingbirds, and the living planet
A strange partnership
The nature of natural selection
Buzzing birds
The birds and the flowers
The rocky road to life
The carbon dioxide pump
The living planet
The soul of Gaia
The Amber Spyglass: How to see invisible light, and the way scientists work
Seeing double
The light fantastic
The doubleness disappears
Light with attitude
Crossed light
Working in the dark
Seeing invisible light
Entanglement: Love is all you need
The slowness of light
Never apart
Riding on light
The proof in the pudding
Putting entanglement to work
The voodoo bomb
The future is now
A bit of information
Lyra & Will
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