Articoli correlati a Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch
Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen Univeristy 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 embarrass a limping snail. Unless something drastic is done, there won't be time for anyone to invent spaceflight and the human race will be turned into ice-pops.
Why, though, did history come adrift? Was it Sir Arthur Nightingale's dismal book about natural selection? Or was it the devastating response by an obscure country vicar called Charles Darwin, whose bestselling Theology of Species made it impossible to refute the divine design of living creatures? Either way, it's no easy task to change history, as the wizards discover to their cost. Can the God of Evolution come to humanity's aid and ensure Darwin writes a very different book? And who stopped him writing it in the first place?
Why, though, did history come adrift? Was it Sir Arthur Nightingale's dismal book about natural selection? Or was it the devastating response by an obscure country vicar called Charles Darwin, whose bestselling Theology of Species made it impossible to refute the divine design of living creatures? Either way, it's no easy task to change history, as the wizards discover to their cost. Can the God of Evolution come to humanity's aid and ensure Darwin writes a very different book? And who stopped him writing it in the first place?
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Recensione:
"The hard science is as gripping as the fiction" (The Times)
"Entertaining and illuminating" (New Scientist)
"An exhilarating experience as the authors' cerebral buzzsaw opens up your mind" (SFX Magazine)
"A cut above the competition... chapters by Stewart and Cohen offering a profound and clear explanation of Darwin's theories and their modern updating... it is exhilarating to feel yourself immersed in such well-expressed and up-to-date debates" (New Scientist)
Descrizione del libro:
"Entertaining and illuminating" (New Scientist)
"An exhilarating experience as the authors' cerebral buzzsaw opens up your mind" (SFX Magazine)
"A cut above the competition... chapters by Stewart and Cohen offering a profound and clear explanation of Darwin's theories and their modern updating... it is exhilarating to feel yourself immersed in such well-expressed and up-to-date debates" (New Scientist)
The latest instalment in the Sunday Times-bestselling Science of Discworld series.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
- EditoreEbury Press
- Data di pubblicazione2006
- ISBN 10 0091898242
- ISBN 13 9780091898243
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine352
- Valutazione libreria
Compra nuovo
Scopri di più su questo articolo
EUR 31,32
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 3,74
In U.S.A.
I migliori risultati di ricerca su AbeBooks
Foto dell'editore
The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Codice articolo Holz_New_0091898242
Compra nuovo
EUR 31,32
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Codice articolo think0091898242
Compra nuovo
EUR 31,48
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. New. Codice articolo Wizard0091898242
Compra nuovo
EUR 32,37
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
The Science of Discworld 3. Darwin's Watch
Editore:
Random House UK Ltd
(2006)
ISBN 10: 0091898242
ISBN 13: 9780091898243
Nuovo
Paperback
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: NEUF. Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen Univeristy 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 embarrass a limping snail. Unless something drastic is done, there won't be time for anyone to invent spaceflight and the human race will be turned into ice-pops. - Nombre de page(s) : 344 - Poids : 185g - Langue : eng - Genre : TB/Belletristik/Science Fiction/Fantasy Ebury Press. Codice articolo N9780091898243
Compra nuovo
EUR 9,87
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
THE SCIENCE OF DISCWORLD III: DA
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.4. Codice articolo Q-0091898242
Compra nuovo
EUR 56,91
Convertire valuta