The Science of Discworld - Couverture souple

Terry Pratchett

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0091886570 ISBN 13 : 9780091886578

Editeur : Ebury Press, 2002

Synopsis

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. The Universe, of course, is our own. And Roundworld is Earth. As the wizards watch their accidental creation grow, we follow the story of our universe from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the Internet and beyond. Through this original Terry Pratchett story (with intervening chapters from Cohen and Stewart) 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 of what was going on.

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À propos de l'auteur

Terry Pratchett is the bestselling author of the Discworld novels. Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. Jack Cohen is a biologist and science writer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ebury Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091886570
• ISBN 13: 9780091886578
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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