David J. Darling
David Darling ( born July 29, 1953 in Glossop, Derbyshire ) is an English astronomer and a freelance science writer. He worked for several years in the USA as a manager for application software for the company Cray Research ( supercomputer ) in Minneapolis. At that time, he wrote in his spare time for the Astronomy Magazine, then to work as a full-time freelance writer chose. He now lives in Dundee, Scotland.
Darling has many popular science works, including Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology (2001) published.
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. Andromeda From the 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: Micro Machines and Nanotechnology: The Amazing New World of the Ultra Small
- " 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 gas: 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)