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John Gribbin's many successful books include In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, Schrodinger's Kittens, In the Beginnning, In Search of the Double Helix, The Matter Myth (with Paul Davies) and Stephen Hawking, A Life in Science (with Michael White). He is visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex.
John and Mary Gribbin have written several science books including Being Human and Fire on Earth. They live in Piddinghoe, East Sussex.
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