David Darling (astronomer)

David Darling (born 29 July 1953 in Glossop, Derbyshire) is an English astronomer and full-time freelance science writer. Darling has published numerous popular science works, including Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology in 2001. His Internet Encyclopedia of Science [1] is a popular online resource.

Bibliography

• "We Are Not Alone: Why We Have Already Found Extraterrestrial Life" (2010). ISBN 978-1-85168-719-0 (paperback)
• "Gravity's Arc: The Story of Gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond" (2006). ISBN 978-0471719892 (hardcover)
• "Teleportation: The Impossible Leap" (2005). ISBN 978-0471470953 (hardcover)
• "The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes" (2004). ISBN 978-0471270478 (hardcover)
• "The Universal Book of Astronomy: From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance" (2003). ISBN 978-0471265696 (hardcover)
• "The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity" (2002). ISBN 978-0-471-05649-2 (hardcover)
• "Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology" (2001). ISBN 978-0465015634 (hardcover)
• "The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia: An Alphabetical Reference to All Life in the Universe" (2000) ISBN 978-0-8129-3248-5 (paperback)
• "Zen Physics: The Science of Death, the Logic of Reincarnation" (1996). ISBN 0-06-017352-1 (hardcover)
• "Soul Search : A Scientist Explores the Afterlife" (1995). ISBN 0-517-17819-2 (hardcover)
• "Equations of Eternity: Speculations on Consciousness, Meaning, and the Mathematical Rules That Orchestrate the Cosmos" (1993). ISBN 1-56282-874-4 (hardcover)
• "Deep Time: The Journey of a Single Subatomic Particle From the Moment of Creation To the Death of the Universe and Beyond" (1989). ISBN 0-385-29757-2 (hardcover)

Juvenile books

• Beyond 2000 series (1995-96)
  • "Micromachines and Nanotechnology: The Amazing New World of the Ultrasmall" ISBN 0-87518-615-7
  • "Genetic Engineering: Redrawing the Blueprint of Life" ISBN 0-87518-614-9
  • "The Health Revolution: Surgery and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century" ISBN 0-87518-615-5
  • "Computers of the Future: Intelligent Machines and Virtual Reality" ISBN 0-87518-617-3

• Experiment! series (1991-92)
  • "Spiderwebs to Skyscrapers: The Science of Structure" ISBN 0-87518-478-2
  • "From Glasses to Gases: The Science of Matter" ISBN 0-87518-500-2
  • "Between Fire and Ice: The Science of Heat" ISBN 0-87518-501-0
  • "Sounds Interesting: The Science of Acoustics" ISBN 0-87518-477-4
  • "Up, Up and Away: The Science of Flight" ISBN 0-87518-479-0
  • "Making Light Work: The Science of Optics" ISBN 0-87518-476-6

• Could You Ever? series (1990-91)
  • "Could You Ever Live Forever?" ISBN 0-87518-457-X
  • "Could You Ever Build a Time Machine?" ISBN 0-87518-456-1
  • "Could You Ever Travel To the Stars?" ISBN 0-87518-446-4
  • "Could You Ever Meet an Alien?" ISBN 0-87518-447-2
  • "Could You Ever Speak Chimpanzee?" ISBN 0-87518-448-0
  • "Could You Ever Dig a Hole To China?" ISBN 0-87518-449-9

• The World of Computers series (1986)
  • "Inside Computers: Hardware and Software" ISBN 0-87518-312-3
  • "The Microchip Revolution" ISBN 0-87518-313-1
  • "Computers At Home: Today and Tomorrow" ISBN 0-87518-314-X
  • "Robots and the Intelligent Computer" ISBN 0-87518-315-8
  • "Fast, Faster, Fastest: The Story of Supercomputers" ISBN 0-87518-316-6

• Discovering Our Universe series (1984-85)
  • "The Sun: Our Neighborhood Star" ISBN 0-87518-261-5
  • "The Moon: A Spaceflight Away" ISBN 0-87518-262-3
  • "Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids: Rocks in Space" ISBN 0-87518-264-X
  • "The Planets: The Next Frontier" ISBN 0-87518-263-1
  • "Where Are We Going in Space" ISBN 0-87518-265-8
  • "Stars: From Birth to Black Hole" ISBN 0-87518-284-4
  • "Galaxies: Cities of Stars" ISBN 0-87518-285-2
  • "The Universe: Past, Present, and Future" ISBN 0-87518-286-0
  • "The New Astronomy: An Ever-Changing Universe" ISBN 0-87518-288-7
  • "Other Worlds: Is There Life Out There?" ISBN 0-87518-287-9

External links

• The Worlds of David Darling, official site
  • The Internet Encyclopedia of Science, formerly the Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight
  • The Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy and Sustainable Living
  • Biography of David Darling

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