{"product_id":"9781785787355-eight-improbable-possibilities","title":"Eight Improbable Possibilities","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mystery of the Moon, and Other Implausible Scientific Truths\u003cbr\u003eA mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gribbin casts a wide net and displays his breadth of knowledge in packing a lot into each chapter . a brief read, but one that may inspire readers to dig deeper.' Giles Sparrow, \u003ci\u003eBBC Sky at Night Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEchoing Sherlock Holmes' famous dictum, John Gribbin tells us: 'Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever is left, however improbable, is certainly possible, in the light of present scientific knowledge.' With that in mind, in his sequel to the hugely popular Six Impossible Things and Seven Pillars of Science, Gribbin turns his attention to some of the mind-bendingly improbable truths of science. For example:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe know that the Universe had a beginning, and when it was - and also that the expansion of the Universe is speeding up. We can detect ripples in space  that are one ten-thousandth the width of a proton, made by colliding black holes billions of light years from Earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd, most importantly from our perspective, all complex life on Earth today is descended from a single cell - but without the stabilising influence of the Moon, life forms like us could never have evolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451589112182,"sku":"9781785787355","price":9.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40208781_2aa50f1b-7f87-4acc-937e-8092366dec9a.jpg?v=1772685529","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785787355-eight-improbable-possibilities","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}