Eight Improbable PossibilitiesJohn GribbinLabel: Icon BooksDescription: 'Gribbin casts a wide net and displays his breadth of knowledge in packing a lot into each chapter . . . a brief read but one that may inspire readers to dig deeper.' Giles Sparrow BBC Sky at Night MagazineA mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science.Echoing Sherlock Holmes' famous dictum John Gribbin tells us: 'Once you have eliminated the impossible whatever is left however improbable is certainly possible in the light of present scientific knowledge.' With that in mind in his sequel to the hugely popular Six Impossible Things and Seven Pillars of Science Gribbin turns his attention to some of the mind-bendingly improbable truths of science. For example:We know that the Universe had a beginning and when it was - and also that the expansion of the Universe is speeding up. We can detect ripples in space that are one ten-thousandth the width of a proton made by colliding black holes billions of light years from Earth.And most importantly from our perspective all complex life on Earth today is descended from a single cell - but without the stabilising influence of the Moon life forms like us could never have evolved.
"John Gribbin's 'Eight Improbable Possibilities' would be a perfect fit for readers looking to dive into the fascinating world of quantum physics and cosmology."
