Unweaving the Rainbow
Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
$38.65
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
26 May 2016
Summary
The international bestseller. A dazzling, passionate polemic against anti-science movements of all kinds.
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 of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141026183 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141026189 |
| Author: | Richard Dawkins |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 26 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A brilliant assertion of the wonder and excitement of real, tough, grown-up science
A brilliant assertion of the wonder and excitement of real, tough, grown-up science – A. S. Byatt, ‘Books of the Year’ * Daily Telegraph *
The way Dawkins writes about science is not just a brain-tonic. It is more like an extended stay on a brain health-farm … You come out feeling lean, tuned and enormously more intelligent – John Carey * Sunday Times *
Beautifully written and full of interesting, original ideas. Essential reading * The Times *
For Dawkins there is more poetry, not less, in the rainbow because of Newton … he weaves rainbows of wonder from other provinces of science and then unleashes his fury on those who accuse scientists like him of being unimaginative * Sunday Times *
Brilliantly entertaining and stimulating * Observer *
Richard Dawkins
In 1995 Richard Dawkins became the first holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He is the bestselling author of THE SELFISH GENE, THE BLIND WATCHMAKER and CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE.
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