of the finest and most prolific writers of popular science around" in a review of Science: A History, which it praises as "the product of immense learning, and a lifetime spent working out how to write in a vivacious way about science and scientists". Henry Gee, a senior editor at Nature, described Gribbin as "one of the best science writers around". A review of The Universe: A Biography in the journal Physics World praised his skill in explaining difficult ideas. A Wall Street Journal review of Flower Hunters (co-authored with Mary Gribbin) described the writing as "pedestrian", with plenty of domestic detail but a failure to convey a larger cultural context. It stated that the book's chapter-length biographical sketches are too often superficial, and criticised the book for glaring omissions of prominent plant collectors. In a review of The Reason Why, the Times Higher Education states that Gribbin writes on speculative matters and presents some of his theories without supporting evidence, but noted his comprehensive research and lyrical writing. Works Science (1999) Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life, and Everything, Yale University Press, (1999) Get a Grip on New Physics, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. (1999) The Little Book of Science, Barnes and Noble, (2003) Science: A History 1543–2001, Gardners Books, (2003) The Scientists: A History of Science Told Through the Lives of Its Greatest Inventors, Random House, (2006) The Fellowship: The Story of a Revolution, Allen Lane, (the story of the Royal Society) (2006) History of Western Science, 1543-2001, Folio Society, London [2nd edition of Science: A History, 1543-2001, with minor amendments and a new preface by the author]. (2009) Flower Hunters, Oxford University Press, with Mary Gribbin, 320 pages, (2010) In Search of the Multiverse: Parallel Worlds, Hidden Dimensions, and the Ultimate Quest for the Frontiers of Reality, Wiley, Children's books on science (2000) Eyewitness: Time & Space, DK Children, (2003) Big Numbers: A Mind Expanding Trip to Infinity and Back (coauthor Mary Gribbin), Wizard Books (children's imprint of Icon Books) 2005 edition (2003) How far is up? : Measuring the Size of the Universe (coauthor Mary Gribbin), Icon Books, 2005 edition (2008) Time Travel for Beginners (coauthor Mary Gribbin), Hodder Children's, Predictions (1974) The Jupiter Effect: The Planets As Triggers of Devastating Earthquakes (coauthor Stephen H. Plageman), Random House ; revised edition published as The Jupiter Effect Reconsidered, Vintage Books (New York, NY), 1982. (February 1982)