| Description |
xiv, 336 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Anaesthetic of Familiarity -- 2. Drawing Room of Dukes -- 3. Barcodes in the Stars -- 4. Barcodes on the Air -- 5. Barcodes at the Bar -- 6. Hoodwink'd with Faery Fancy -- 7. Unweaving the Uncanny -- 8. Huge Cloudy Symbols of a High Romance -- 9. The Selfish Cooperator -- 10. The Genetic Book of the Dead -- 11. Reweaving the World -- 12. The Balloon of the Mind |
| Summary |
"Did Newton "unweave the rainbow" by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats contended? Did he, in other words, diminish beauty? Far from it, says Dawkins - Newton's unweaving is the key to much of modern astronomy and to the breathtaking poetry of modern cosmology. Mysteries don't lose their poetry because they are solved; the solution is often more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering deeper mystery."--BOOK JACKET. "Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science, from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality, and combines them in a landmark statement of the human appetite for wonder."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-323) and index |
| Subject |
Science news.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
98040879 |
| ISBN |
0395883822 |
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071399214X |
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