David J. Darling

David Darling (born 29 July 1953 in Glossop, Derbyshire) is an English astronomer, freelance science writer, and musician. 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.

He is perhaps most famous for his bestselling book The Universal Book of Mathematics.

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 978-0-471-71989-2 (hardcover)
• "Teleportation: The Impossible Leap" (2005). ISBN 978-0-471-47095-3 (hardcover)
• "The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes" (2004). ISBN 978-0-471-27047-8 (hardcover)
• "The Universal Book of Astronomy: From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance" (2003). ISBN 978-0-471-26569-6 (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 978-0-465-01563-4 (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 1-56282-875-4 (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 0-87518-616-5
  • "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

References

External links

• cosmosportal.org, biography
• 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