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Unweaving the Rainbow

Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

By Richard Dawkins

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| Paperback | 9780618056736

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Did 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 scienContinue

Did 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. [예스24 제공]

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  • There is poetry in science. It's just that most poets are deaf to its rhythm

    'The World must be full of biologists today... because of Dawkins.' For a scholarly colleague to say that is praise indeed but since The Selfish Gene, which made his reputation, and The Blind Watchmaker, which confirmed it, Richard Dawkins has surfed ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sun, 26 Sep 2010

  • Why so cross?

    Contemporary biologists who write for the general public usually have more to impart than scientific information. They have lessons to teach us about how to think of ourselves and our relation to the universe. This is not surprising, since biology is ... (read full critics)

    lrb published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

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  • An Elegant Exposition Of Reason And Beauty

    This is a book I had waited for without knowing it. Dawkins had written so many brilliant works on biology that I was gob-smacked when he produced a treatise on reason and science in general. He did not disappoint. He debunks nonsense and explains exactly where the smoke and mirrors are in pseudo-sc ... (continue)

    This is a book I had waited for without knowing it. Dawkins had written so many brilliant works on biology that I was gob-smacked when he produced a treatise on reason and science in general. He did not disappoint. He debunks nonsense and explains exactly where the smoke and mirrors are in pseudo-science and superstitious beliefs. His explanation of how Uri Geller may stop watches over a television broadcast is brilliant. So simple when you know how it is done. If anyone doubts in the beauty of reason, science, and appreciation of the world as it really is, then this book makes a great case in defence of reason. Humans may not be reasonable but they should strive for some level of mastery of it, not so?

    This one is right up there with Carl Sagan's, "A Demon Haunted World: Science As A Candle In The Dark" and like that book, is one of which I bought several copies merely to distribute as gifts among friends in need of an anchor in reality or just who would cheer each point in favour of a rational and beautiful universe.

    Every citizen of the reality-based community ought to read this, and as for anyone else, they should read it, too.

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  • Terrible. Richard Dawkins doesn't have much to say outside of biology.

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    Leebeck said on Feb 29, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • Dawkins writes with infectious awe and reverence about the immense satisfaction which can be gained from serious scientific enquiry and offers a warning against the dangers of superstition and of populist misconceptions of science. Thought-provoking and at times poetic.

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    David Johncock said on Oct 10, 2007 | Add your feedback

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