An edition of Unweaving the Rainbow (1998)

Unweaving the Rainbow

Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

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An edition of Unweaving the Rainbow (1998)

Unweaving the Rainbow

Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

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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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Cover of: Unweaving the Rainbow
Unweaving the Rainbow
April 6, 2006, Penguin
Cover of: Unweaving the Rainbow
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
2006, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: Destejiendo el arco iris
Destejiendo el arco iris
January 2002, TusQuets
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Unweaving the Rainbow
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
5 April 2000, Mariner
Hardcover in English - 1st Mariner books ed.
Cover of: Unweaving the Rainbow
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
April 5, 2000, Mariner Books
in English
Cover of: Les mystères de l'arc-en-ciel
Les mystères de l'arc-en-ciel
November 30, 2000, Bayard
Paperback in French
Cover of: Unweaving the Rainbow
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
2000, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
in English
Cover of: Unweaving the Rainbow
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
2000, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
in English
Cover of: Unweaving the Rainbow
Unweaving the Rainbow
September 30, 1999, Penguin Books Ltd, Gardners Books
in English
Cover of: Unweaving the Rainbow
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder
1 December 1998, Houghton Mifflin, Houghton Mifflin Company
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Unweaving the Rainbow
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
29 October 1998, Allen Lane, The Penguin Press
Hardcover in English
Cover of: DECOMPONDO O ARCO-ÍRIS
DECOMPONDO O ARCO-ÍRIS: A Ciência, a Ilusão e o Apetite pelo Deslumbramento
Publish date unknown, Gradiva
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OL38790634M
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9780141937038

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The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable. It is a deep aesthetic passion to rank with the finest that music and poetry can deliver. It is truly one of the things that make life worth living and it does so, if anything, more effectively if it convinces us that the time we have for living is quite finite.
added by Robin Lionheart.

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