Book description
The Dragon, an enormous comet, is on a trajectory that will bring it
perilously close to an Earth that is still suffering from the scars of a
nuclear incident, and from the problems of the Greenhouse Effect. Does
it spell doom, or might it represent the possibility of a change for the
better?
John Gribbin (1946 - )
John Gribbin is a British science writer, astrophysicist and visiting
fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex, where he graduated with
a BA in physics in 1966 and did his master of science (MSc) in 1967. He
earned his PhD in astrophysics from the University of Cambridge in 1971.
Author of the well-known In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum
Physics and Reality
(1984), Gribbin's work as a scientist is often reflected in his writing
which covers a wide range of topics, such as quantum physics, human
evolution, the origins of the universe, climate change and global
warming. Marcus Chown (1959 - )
Marcus Chown graduated from the University of London in 1980 with a
first class degree in physics. He also earned a Master of Science in
astrophysics from the California Institute of Technology. Currently the
cosmology consultant for New Scientist
magazine, Chown has co-authored two hard SF novels with John Gribbin:
Double Planet
and its remote sequel Reunion
.
