Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder - Couverture rigide

Dawkins, Richard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 071399214X ISBN 13 : 9780713992144

Editeur : Allen Lane, 1998

Synopsis

Unweaving The Rainbow Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 best-selling 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.
This is the book Richard Dawkins was meant to write: a brilliant assessment of what science is (and isn't), a tribute to science not because it is useful but because it is uplifting.

Revue de presse :

"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

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Allen Lane
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 071399214X
• ISBN 13: 9780713992144
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 352