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Ten Tantalising Truths
Why the Sky is Blue, and other Big Answers to Simple Questions
JOHN GRIBBIN
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Obvious questions do not always have obvious answers
John Gribbin is known for giving us simple explanations of big concepts in science. But there is another way to probe the mysteries of the Universe and our place in it. Faced with persistent enquiries from his grandchildren, Gribbin realised that simple questions, such as ‘Why is the sky blue?’, sometimes require big answers, understandable in straightforward language.
In answering those simple questions, he discovered that he was telling the story of our place in the Universe. The questions may be obvious, but the answers are sometimes surprising and highlight one of the main joys of science –discovering the unexpected.
In this book, Gribbin invites the reader to join him on this voyage of discovery, tantalised by the truth.
‘Gribbin has inspired generations with his popular science writing’
JOHN GRIBBIN’S numerous bestselling books include In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat and Six Impossible Things, which was shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize. He has been described as ‘one of the finest and most prolific writers of popular science around’ by the Spectator In 2021, he was made Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex.
