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The Science Of Discworld II
Ian StewartJack CohenTerry Pratchett
其他書名
The Globe
出版Random House, 2011-06-30
主題Science / EssaysScience / Life Sciences / EvolutionHistory / Social HistoryScience / General
ISBN140702261X9781407022611
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=MyozhndBMZkC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The acclaimed Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the Wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot which was interleaved with a Cohen & Stewart non-fiction narrative about Big Science. In The Science of Discworld II our authors join forces again to see just what happens when the wizards meddle with history in a battle against the elves for the future of humanity on Earth. London is replaced by a dozy Neanderthal village. The Renaissance is given a push. The role of fat women in art is developed. And one very famous playwright gets born and writes The Play. Weaving together a fast-paced Discworld novelette with cutting-edge scientific commentary on the evolution and development of the human mind, culture, language, art, and science, this is a book in which 'the hard science is as gripping as the fiction'. (The Times)