Unweaving the Rainbow
Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder
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Author
Publication
1998-12-01 - Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
88,000 words, Guess
Page Count
352 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL378789M
- ISBN-139780395883822
- ISBN-100395883822
- OCLC Control Number98040879
- OCLC Control Number39922946
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Numberunweavingrainbow00dawk_028
- Library of Congress Control Number98040879
- LibraryThing28555
- Goodreads933598
Classifications
- DDC501
- LCCQ175 .D33 1998
Description
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. 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.
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