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Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Unweaving the RainbowDid Newton "unweave the rainbow" by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats contended, and so diminish beauty? Far from it, says the author, an acclaimed scientist. He says Newton's unweaving is the key to much of modern astronomy and to the poetry of modern cosmology, in this tribute to scientific exploration.
Full description- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
- Published: 14 July 2000
- Format: Paperback 336 pages
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- Categories: Science: General Issues | Philosophy Of Science
- ISBN 13: 9780618056736 ISBN 10: 0618056734
- Sales rank: 91,043
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Full description for Unweaving the Rainbow
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 acclaimed scientist Richard 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 often is more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering deeper mysteries. With the wit, insight, and spellbinding prose that have made him a best-selling author, Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science, from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality, combining them in a landmark statement of the human appetite for wonder. This is the book Richard Dawkins was meant to write: a brilliant assessment of what science is (and isn't), a tribute to science not because it is useful but because it is uplifting.
