Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch
Darwin's Watch
$46.59
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
16 April 2013
Summary
Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator – they even intervened to rid the planet of a plague of elves, who attempted to divert humanity onto a different time track. But now it’s all gone wrong – Victorian England has stagnated and the pace of progress would …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091951726 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0091951720 |
| Author: | Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 16 April 2013 |
| Weight: | 242g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Ebury Press |
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Entertaining and illuminating * New Scientist *
The hard science is as gripping as the fiction * The Times *
Fantastic… this is some of the best science writing around today, intelligent and witty, creative and playful… if only science could be taught like this in school, many of us would have paid more attention * Fortean Times *
It is exhilarating to feel yourself immersed in such well-expressed and up-to-date debates… * New Scientist *
The hard science is as gripping as the fiction * The Times *
Entertaining and illuminating * New Scientist *
Fantastic… this is some of the best science writing around today, intelligent and witty, creative and playful… if only science could be taught like this in school, many of us would have paid more attention * Fortean Times *
About The Author
Terry Pratchett
Ian Stewart (Author)
Professor Ian Stewart is the author of many popular science books. He is the mathematics consultant for New Scientist and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. He was awarded the Michael Faraday Prize for furthering the public understanding of science, and in 2001 became a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Terry Pratchett (Author)
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.
Jack Cohen (Author)
Dr Jack Cohen is an internationally-known reproductive biologist, and lives in Newent, Gloucestershire. Jack has a laboratory in his kitchen, helps couples get pregnant by referring them to colleagues, invents biologically realistic aliens for science fiction writers and, in his spare time, throws boomerangs. Jack, who has more letters to his name than can be repeated here, writes, lectures, talks and campaigns to promote public awareness of science, particularly biology. He is mostly retired.
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