The Science of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Monsters & Zombies The fanatical new Sultan of

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The Science of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Monsters & Zombies The fanatical new Sultan ofThe amazing true science behind the fiction of His Dark Materials, ideal for fans of the original trilogy and The Book of Dust, with an introduction by Philip Pullman. Award winning science writers Mary and John Gribbin reveal how the world of Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass) is rooted in astonishing scientific truth. Drawing on string theory and spacetime, quantum physics and chaos