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David Darling (born 29 July 1953 in
Glossop Glossop is a market town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is located east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of the county town, Matlock. Glossop lies near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Manches ...
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, freelance science writer, and musician. Darling has published numerous
popular science ''Popular Science'' (also known as ''PopSci'') is an American digital magazine carrying popular science content, which refers to articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. ''Popular Science'' has won over 58 awards, incl ...
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 bestselling book by British author David Darling (astronomer), David Darling. Summary The book is presented in a dictionary format. The book is divided into ...
'' 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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