Jim Al-Khalili
Born
in Baghdad, Iraq
September 20, 1962
Website
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Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed
15 editions
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2003
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Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics
22 editions
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2012
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The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
5 editions
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2010
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Aliens: The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
13 editions
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2016
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Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines
16 editions
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published
1999
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Sunfall
11 editions
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published
2019
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The World According to Physics
5 editions
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published
2020
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Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
by
27 editions
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2014
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What the Future Looks Like: Leading Science Experts Reveal the Surprising Discoveries and Ingenious Solutions That Are Shaping Our World
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Quantum Mechanics
3 editions
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2017
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“... classical Arabic, being the language of the Qur'an, has not changed at all in fourteen centuries, making the writings of the early Islamic scholars as accessible today as they were then.”
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“For me, I think the greatest achievements of science is to allow humanity to realize that our world is comprehensible. Through science, rational thinking, we can understand how the universe works.”
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“The difference between my beliefs and having a religious faith is that I am prepared to change my views in light of new evidence, but someone of a religious faith will just stick their fingers in the ears and say: 'I'm not listening, there's nothing you can say that will make me change my mind.”
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