Unweaving the Rainbow : Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder Paperback / softback
by Richard Dawkins
Paperback / softback
Description
A dazzling, passionate polemic against anti-science movements of all kindsCover note: Each copy of the new edition of Unweaving the Rainbow features a unique wavelength pattern.
No two covers are exactly alike. Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours.
In this illuminating and provocative book, Richard Dawkins argues that Keats could not have been more mistaken, and shows how an understanding of science enhances our wonder of the world.
He argues that mysteries do not lose their poetry because they are solved: the solution is often more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering even deeper mysteries.
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 on the human appetite for wonder. Cover note: Each copy of the new edition of Unweaving the Rainbow features a unique wavelength pattern.
No two covers are exactly alike.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:06/04/2006
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- ISBN:9780141026183
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Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:06/04/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780141026183
