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

ISBN-13: 9780141026183 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 352 str.

Richard Dawkins

Opis

Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours, thus dispelling its mystery. In this book, the author argues that Keats could not have been more mistaken and shows how an understanding of science in fact inspires the human imagination and enhances our wonder of the world.

Recenzje

A brilliant assertion of the wonder and excitement of real, tough, grown-up science A. S. Byatt, 'Books of the Year' Daily Telegraph

O autorze

In 1995 Richard Dawkins became the first holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He is the bestselling author of THE SELFISH GENE, THE BLIND WATCHMAKER (Penguin, 1988) and CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE (Penguin, 1996).