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Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

by Richard Dawkins

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Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

A dazzling, passionate polemic against anti-science movements of all kinds. Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours. In this illuminating and provocative book, Richard Dawkins argues that Keats could not have been more mistaken, and shows how an understanding of science enhances our wonder of the world. He argues that mysteries do not lose their poetry because they are solved: the solution is often more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering even deeper mysteries. 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 on the human appetite for wonder.

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    Dawkins is an excellent persuasive writer, and here he endeavours to convince the reader of the wonder of science. Far less of a tirade than some of his other books, but still with a hefty dose of rational thinking, Unweaving the Rainbow is about the amazing things man has discovered about the world and the universe, and how these discoveries enhance our sense of wonder, rather than taking it away

    Review by Lucinda of the Speke Borders on 2009-01-29 12:15:21

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ISBN

9780141026183

Published
April 6th 2006 by Penguin Books Ltd
Category
Popular Science
Number of pages
352
County of origin
UNITED KINGDOM
Dimensions
196 x 129

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