The fantastic first book in the Sunday Times bestselling Science of Discworld seriesWhena wizardly experiment goes adrift,the wizards of Unseen Universityfind themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld,whereneither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. TheUniverse,of course,is our own. And Roundworld is Earth. As thewizards watch their accidental creation grow,we follow the story of ouruniverse from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the internetand beyond. Through this original Terry Pratchett story (withintervening chapters from Cohen and Stewart) we discover how puny andinsignificant individual lives are against a cosmic backdrop of creationand disaster. Yet,paradoxically,we see how the richness of a universebased on rules,has led to a complex world and at least one speciesthat tried to get a grip of what was going on. Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series,the first of which,The Colour of Magic,was published in 1983. Raising Steam is his fortieth Discworld novel.His books have been widely adapted for stage and screen,and he is thewinner of multiple prizes,including the Carnegie Medal,as well asbeing awarded a knighthood for services to literature. After falling outwith his keyboard he now talks to his computer. Occasionally,thesedays,it answers back.www.terrypratchett.co.uk@terryandrob Professor Ian Stewart is the author of many popular science books. He is the mathematics consultant for New Scientistand a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. He wasawarded the Michael Faraday Prize for furthering the publicunderstanding of science,and in 2001 became a Fellow of the RoyalSociety. Dr Jack Cohen is aninternationally-known reproductive biologist,and lives in Newent,Gloucestershire. Jack has a laboratory in his kitchen,helps couples getpregnant by referring them to colleagues,invents biologicallyrealistic aliens for science fiction writers and,in his spare time,throws boomerangs. Jack,who has more letters to his name than can berepeated here,writes,lectures,talks and campaigns to promote publicawareness of science,particularly biology. He is mostly retired.
Publisher: Ebury PublishingISBN: 9780091951702Number of pages: 416Weight: 281 gDimensions: 198 x 126 x 25 mm
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The hard science is as gripping as the fictionAn irreverent but genuinely profound romp through the history and philosophy of science,cunningly disguised as a collection of funny stories about wizards and mobile luggage. More that that,it offers a fresh look at the place that humans hold in the history of the planet
Terry Pratchett
Britain's most beloved creator of comic fantasy fiction,Terry Pratchett was the genius behind the Discworld series,as well as various other seminal story sequences.
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