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The Science of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials
by Mary Gribbin, John Gribbin
from Laurel Leaf

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• inconsistant
  This is a brilliant concept, and was executed relatively well. My main complaint is that the tone of writing is not consistant. I felt 'talked down to' in some chapters and then unexplained terms, concepts and/or examples were used that went over my head in other chapters. For example, the authors give a detailed definition of what "experiements" are, but then assume readers know what "poloroid lenses" are. I don't know about others, but I knew what an 'experiemnt' was about a decade before I had any... more info

• The Science of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials
  Mary & John Gribbin have created a well organized and eaily understood science guide to the authentic physics behind Philip Pullman's epic work. The Gribbins combine good, clear writing with a thurough understanding of phyisics that leads to simple explanations a layman can understand. With out this valualbe work, Mr. Pullman's fantastic tale would remain simply a 'story' underpinned by fanciful and extremely complex and difficult science that might or might not be real for our world. As it happens,... more info

• His Dark MATERIALS
  It is a fun book using the facts of Dark Matter in a rather cavalier way that is fun and gives a great explanation for the magic/ absurdities in the Dark Matter series.
  i liked the book and bought is as part of a set of the dark matter trilogy that begins with The Golden Compass.

• Extra info for Pullman's "His Dark Materials"
  For the ordinary person, this little book has pretty good coverage of the scientific basis for Pullman's trilogy. I am no expert, but from the info in the college courses I have taken with the Teaching Company, I think the writers have done well to condense so many items in a little space. It helps to understand that many of the ideas in Pullmans's fantasy have a bit of reality to them.

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