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 and The Universal Book of Mathematics in 2004. He maintains the online Internet Encyclopedia of Science.
A review of Darling's book Soul Search, stated that "he develops a sort of scientific pantheism positing that, with death, we move from the narrow consciousness of our highly selective, reality-filtering brain to the wider, timeless consciousness of the unbound universe.""Soul Search: A Scientist Explores the Afterlife". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
Bibliography We Are Not Alone: Why We Have Already Found Extraterrestrial Life (2010). (paperback) Gravity's Arc: The Story of Gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond (2006). (hardcover) Teleportation: The Impossible Leap (2005). (hardcover) The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes (2004). (hardcover) The Universal Book of Astronomy: From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance (2003). (hardcover) The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity (2002). (hardcover) Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology (2001). (hardcover) The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia: An Alphabetical Reference to All Life in the Universe (2000) (paperback) Zen Physics: The Science of Death, the Logic of Reincarnation (1996). (hardcover) Soul Search : A Scientist Explores the Afterlife (1995). (hardcover) Equations of Eternity: Speculations on Consciousness, Meaning, and the Mathematical Rules That Orchestrate the Cosmos (1993). (hardcover) Deep Time: The Journey of a Single Subatomic Particle From the Moment of Creation To the Death of the Universe and Beyond (1989). (hardcover)
Juvenile books Beyond 2000 series (1995–96) Micromachines and Nanotechnology: The Amazing New World of the Ultrasmall Genetic Engineering: Redrawing the Blueprint of Life The Health Revolution: Surgery and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century Computers of the Future: Intelligent Machines and Virtual Reality Experiment! series (1991–92) Spiderwebs to Skyscrapers: The Science of Structure From Glasses to Gases: The Science of Matter Between Fire and Ice: The Science of Heat Sounds Interesting: The Science of Acoustics Up, Up and Away: The Science of Flight Making Light Work: The Science of Optics Could You Ever? series (1990–91) Could You Ever Live Forever? Could You Ever Build a Time Machine? Could You Ever Travel To the Stars? Could You Ever Meet an Alien? Could You Ever Speak Chimpanzee? Could You Ever Dig a Hole To China? The World of Computers series (1986) Inside Computers: Hardware and Software The Microchip Revolution Computers At Home: Today and Tomorrow Robots and the Intelligent Computer Fast, Faster, Fastest: The Story of Supercomputers Discovering Our Universe series (1984–85) The Sun: Our Neighborhood Star The Moon: A Spaceflight Away Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids: Rocks in Space The Planets: The Next Frontier Where Are We Going in Space Stars: From Birth to Black Hole Galaxies: Cities of Stars The Universe: Past, Present, and Future The New Astronomy: An Ever-Changing Universe Other Worlds: Is There Life Out There?
References
External links cosmosportal.org, biography The Worlds of David Darling, official site