Science of Discworld - Couverture souple

Pratchett, Terry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0091874777 ISBN 13 : 9780091874773

Editeur : Ebury Press, 2000

Synopsis

In the universe of Discworld, events follow the dictates of commonsense in a way that the particle physics of our own world does not.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the 'fantasy' universe of the phenomenally bestselling Discworld series, everything runs on magic and common sense. The world is flat and million-to-one chances happen nine times out of ten. Our world seems different - it runs on rules, often rather strange ones. Science is our way of finding out what those rules are. The appeal of Discworld is that it mostly makes sense, in a way that particle physics does not. The Science of Discworld uses the magic of Discworld to illuminate the scientific rules that govern our world. When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. Roundworld is, of course, our own universe. With us inside it (eventually). Guided (if that's the word) by the wizards, we follow its story from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the Internet and beyond. We discover how puny and insignificant individual lives are against a cosmic backdrop of creation and disaster. Yet, paradoxically, we see how the richness of a universe based on rules has led to a complex world and at least one species that tried to get a grip on what was going on. . .

Biographie de l'auteur

TERRY PRATCHETT is the acclaimed creator of the bestselling Discworld series. He has been appointed OBE and a Knight Bachelor in recognition of his services to literature.

IAN STEWART is a Fellow of the Royal Society, professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick, and author of numerous books on math and popular science, as well as science fiction novels co-authored with Jack Cohen.

JACK COHEN is a professor of biology and honorary professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick, and has co-authored several books with Ian Stewart.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ebury Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091874777
• ISBN 13: 9780091874773
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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