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9780091886578: The Science of Discworld
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ISBN 10: 0091886570 ISBN 13: 9780091886578
Casa editrice: Ebury Press, 2002

Sinossi

When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. The Universe, of course, is our own. And Roundworld is Earth. As the wizards watch their accidental creation grow, we follow the story of our universe from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the Internet and beyond. Through this original Terry Pratchett story (with intervening chapters from Cohen and Stewart) we discover how puny and insignificant individual lives are against a cosmic backdrop of creation and disaster. Yet, paradoxically, we see how the richness of a universe based on rules, has led to a complex world and at least one species that tried to get a grip of what was going on.

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Recensione

"The hard science is as gripping as the fiction" (The Times)

"An 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" (Richard Wentk Frontiers)

Descrizione del libro

The Sunday Times bestseller, fully revised and updated

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Editore
Ebury Press
Data di pubblicazione
2002
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0091886570
ISBN 13 
9780091886578
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
2
Numero di pagine
416
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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