Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods'bridge to earth. These are magical,extraordinary tales. But there is another kind of magic,and it lies in the exhilaration of discovering the real answers to these questions. It is the magic of reality - science.Packed with inspiring explanations of space,time and evolution,laced with humour and clever thought experiments,The Magic of Reality explores a stunningly wide range of natural phenomena. What is stuff made of How old is the universe What causes tsunamis Who was the first man,or woman This is a page-turning,inspirational detective story that not only mines all the sciences for its clues but primes the reader to think like a scientist too.Richard Dawkins elucidates the wonders of the natural world to all ages with his inimitable clarity and exuberance in a text that will enlighten and inform for generations to come.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9780552778053Number of pages: 272Weight: 216 gDimensions: 198 x 127 x 17 mm
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Dawkins has a gift for making science enjoyable...(He is) one of the greatest scientific writers/explainers of all time.From the first sentence it reads with the force and fluency of a classic...a luminous,authoritative prose that transcends age differencesStunning in appearance...the book is a triumphThe text is persuasive whatever one's age...the chapter on rainbows has the clearest explanation of how they appear that I've ever seenI wanted to write this book but I wasn't clever enough. Now I've read it,I am
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins is an English scientist and author,who came to prominence with his ground-breaking work of evolutionary biology The Selfish Gene,although he is equally well known for his outspoken atheism and the controversial bestseller The God Delusion.
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