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UNWEAVING THE RAINBOW - DAWKINS, RICHARD - NEW PAPERBACK BOOK
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- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Topic
- Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life Sciences / Evolution, General, Cosmology, History & Surveys / Modern
- ISBN
- 9780618056736
- Book Title
- Unweaving the Rainbow : Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Science, Philosophy
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 12.7 Oz, 11.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Biologist, humanist, and bestselling author Richard Dawkins deeply examines the inherent beauty within modern scientific discoveries. "If any recent writing about science is poetic, it is this" ( The Wall Street Journal ).Did Newton "unweave the rainbow" by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats contended? Did he, in other words, diminish beauty? Far from it, says acclaimed scientist Richard Dawkins; Newton's unweaving is the key to much of modern astronomy and to the breathtaking poetry of modern cosmology. Mysteries don't lose their poetry because they are solved: the solution often is more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering deeper mysteries. With the wit, insight, and spellbinding prose that have made him a bestselling author, Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science, from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality, combining them in a landmark statement of the human appetite for wonder. Unweaving the Rainbow is a brilliant assessment of what science is (and isn't), a tribute to science not because it is useful but because it is uplifting.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0618056734
ISBN-13
9780618056736
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1698368
Product Key Features
Book Title
Unweaving the Rainbow : Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life Sciences / Evolution, General, Cosmology, History & Surveys / Modern
Publication Year
2000
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science, Philosophy
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz, 11.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Q175
Publication Date
2000-04-05
Reviews
"A Spellbinding Storyteller.", Like an extended stay on a brain health-farm . . .You come out feeling lean, tuned and enormously more intelligent., "A spellbinding storyteller." The New York Times "Brilliance and wit." The New Yorker "An extended rebuttal - not so much by argument as by radiant example - of perennial anti-science convictions. Few among us are better qualified for the job. If any recent writing about science is poetic, it is this." The Wall Street Journal "Like an extended stay on a brain health-farm . . .You come out feeling lean, tuned and enormously more intelligent." The Times of London, "Like an extended stay on a brain health-farm . . .You come out feeling lean, tuned and enormously more intelligent.", "Brilliance and Wit.", "An extended rebuttal - not so much by argument as by radiant example - of perennial anti-science convictions. Few among us are better qualified for the job. If any recent writing about science is poetic, it is this.", An extended rebuttal - not so much by argument as by radiant example - of perennial anti-science convictions. Few among us are better qualified for the job. If any recent writing about science is poetic, it is this.
Copyright Date
1999
Lccn
98-040879
Dewey Decimal
501
Dewey Edition
21
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