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David Darling (born 29 July 1953 in
Glossop Glossop is a market town in the borough of High Peak (borough), High Peak, Derbyshire, England, east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of Matlock, Derbyshire, Matlock. Near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Mancheste ...
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English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...
astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. Astronomers observe astronomical objects, such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, galax ...
, freelance science writer, and musician. Darling has published numerous
popular science Popular science (also called pop-science or popsci) is an interpretation of science intended for a general audience. While science journalism focuses on recent scientific developments, popular science is more broad ranging. It may be written ...
works, including ''Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology'' in 2001 and ''
The Universal Book of Mathematics ''The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes'' (2004) is a book by British author David Darling. Summary The book is presented in a dictionary format. The book is divided into headwords, which, as the title suggest ...
'' in 2004. He maintains the online ''Internet Encyclopedia of Science''. A review of Darling's book ''Soul Search'', stated that "he develops a sort of scientific pantheism positing that, with death, we move from the narrow consciousness of our highly selective, reality-filtering brain to the wider, timeless consciousness of the unbound universe.""Soul Search: A Scientist Explores the Afterlife"
''Publishers Weekly''. Retrieved 24 January 2021.


Bibliography

* ''We Are Not Alone: Why We Have Already Found Extraterrestrial Life'' (2010). (paperback) * ''Gravity's Arc: The Story of Gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond'' (2006). (hardcover) * ''Teleportation: The Impossible Leap'' (2005). (hardcover) * '' The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes'' (2004). (hardcover) * ''The Universal Book of Astronomy: From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance'' (2003). (hardcover) * ''The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity'' (2002). (hardcover) * ''Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology'' (2001). (hardcover) * ''The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia: An Alphabetical Reference to All Life in the Universe'' (2000) (paperback) * ''Zen Physics: The Science of Death, the Logic of Reincarnation'' (1996). (hardcover) * ''Soul Search : A Scientist Explores the Afterlife'' (1995). (hardcover) * ''Equations of Eternity: Speculations on Consciousness, Meaning, and the Mathematical Rules That Orchestrate the Cosmos'' (1993). (hardcover) * ''Deep Time: The Journey of a Single Subatomic Particle From the Moment of Creation To the Death of the Universe and Beyond'' (1989). (hardcover) ;Juvenile books * Beyond 2000 series (1995–96) ** ''Micromachines and Nanotechnology: The Amazing New World of the Ultrasmall'' ** ''Genetic Engineering: Redrawing the Blueprint of Life'' ** ''The Health Revolution: Surgery and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century'' ** ''Computers of the Future: Intelligent Machines and Virtual Reality'' * Experiment! series (1991–92) ** ''Spiderwebs to Skyscrapers: The Science of Structure'' ** ''From Glasses to Gases: The Science of Matter'' ** ''Between Fire and Ice: The Science of Heat'' ** ''Sounds Interesting: The Science of Acoustics'' ** ''Up, Up and Away: The Science of Flight'' ** ''Making Light Work: The Science of Optics'' * Could You Ever? series (1990–91) ** ''Could You Ever Live Forever?'' ** ''Could You Ever Build a Time Machine?'' ** ''Could You Ever Travel To the Stars?'' ** ''Could You Ever Meet an Alien?'' ** ''Could You Ever Speak Chimpanzee?'' ** ''Could You Ever Dig a Hole To China?'' * The World of Computers series (1986) ** ''Inside Computers: Hardware and Software'' ** ''The Microchip Revolution'' ** ''Computers At Home: Today and Tomorrow'' ** ''Robots and the Intelligent Computer'' ** ''Fast, Faster, Fastest: The Story of Supercomputers'' * Discovering Our Universe series (1984–85) ** ''The Sun: Our Neighborhood Star'' ** ''The Moon: A Spaceflight Away'' ** ''Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids: Rocks in Space'' ** ''The Planets: The Next Frontier'' ** ''Where Are We Going in Space'' ** ''Stars: From Birth to Black Hole'' ** ''Galaxies: Cities of Stars'' ** ''The Universe: Past, Present, and Future'' ** ''The New Astronomy: An Ever-Changing Universe'' ** ''Other Worlds: Is There Life Out There?''


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