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050 00 $aQ175$b.D33 1998
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100 1 $aDawkins, Richard,$d1941-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81074298
245 10 $aUnweaving the rainbow :$bscience, delusion and the appetite for wonder /$cRichard Dawkins.
260 $aBoston :$bHoughton Mifflin,$c1998.
300 $axiv, 336 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 314-323) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe Anaesthetic of Familiarity --$g2.$tDrawing Room of Dukes --$g3.$tBarcodes in the Stars --$g4.$tBarcodes on the Air --$g5.$tBarcodes at the Bar --$g6.$tHoodwink'd with Faery Fancy --$g7.$tUnweaving the Uncanny --$g8.$tHuge Cloudy Symbols of a High Romance --$g9.$tThe Selfish Cooperator --$g10.$tThe Genetic Book of the Dead --$g11.$tReweaving the World --$g12.$tThe Balloon of the Mind.
520 $aDid 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.
520 8 $aDawkins 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.
650 0 $aScience$xPhilosophy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118582
650 0 $aScience news.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118671
852 00 $bglx$hQ175$i.D33 1998