Il fantastico primo libro della serie bestseller del sunday times science of discworld quando un esperimento magico va alla deriva, i maghi della unseen university si ritrovano con un universo tascabile tra le mani: roundworld, dove né la magia né il buon senso sembrano avere una possibilità contro la logica. L'universo, ovviamente, è il nostro. E roundworld è la terra. Mentre i maghi osservano la loro creazione accidentale crescere, seguiamo la storia del nostro universo dalla singolarità primordiale del big bang a internet e oltre. Attraverso questa storia originale di terry pratchett (con capitoli intermedi di cohen e stewart) scopriamo quanto siano insignificanti e insignificanti le vite individuali sullo sfondo cosmico di creazione e disastro. Eppure, paradossalmente, vediamo come la ricchezza di un universo basato su regole abbia portato a un mondo complesso e ad almeno una specie che ha cercato di capire cosa stava succedendo. Terry pratchett è l'acclamato creatore della serie di successo mondiale discworld, il primo dei quali, the colour of magic, è stato pubblicato nel 1983. Raising steam è il suo quarantesimo romanzo discworld. I suoi libri sono stati ampiamente adattati per il teatro e il cinema, ed è il vincitore di numerosi premi, tra cui la carnegie medal, oltre ad essere stato insignito del cavalierato per i servizi alla letteratura. Dopo aver litigato con la tastiera, ora parla al suo computer. Di tanto in tanto, ultimamente, risponde.www.terrypratchett.co.uk@terryandrob il professor ian stewart è l'autore di molti libri di divulgazione scientifica. è consulente di matematica per new scientist e professore di matematica presso l'università di warwick. Ha ricevuto il premio michael faraday per aver promosso la comprensione pubblica della scienza e nel 2001 è diventato membro della royal society. Il dott. Jack cohen è un biologo riproduttivo di fama internazionale e vive a newent, nel gloucestershire. Jack ha un laboratorio in cucina, aiuta le coppie a rimanere incinte indirizzandole ai colleghi, inventa alieni biologicamente realistici per gli scrittori di fantascienza e, nel tempo libero, lancia boomerang. Jack, che ha più lettere al suo nome di quante se ne possano ripetere qui, scrive, tiene conferenze, parla e fa campagne per promuovere la consapevolezza pubblica della scienza, in particolare della biologia. è per lo più in pensione.
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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.
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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.
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.
The fantastic first book in the Sunday Times bestselling Science of Discworld seriesWhen 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.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. The fantastic first book in the Sunday Times bestselling Science of Discworld seriesWhen 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. 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 the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. After falling out with his keyboard he now talks to his computer. Occasionally, these days, 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 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. 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. Codice articolo LU-9780091951702
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