Name: The Science of Discworld
ISBN: 9780091949792

Ian Stewart

Jack Cohen

Terry Pratchett

Marjorie Daw is a librarian, and takes her job - and indeed the truth of words - very seriously. She doesn't know it, but her world and ours - Roundworld - is in big trouble. On Discworld, a colossal row is brewing. The Wizards of Unseen University feel responsible for Roundworld (as one would for a pet gerbil).

Judgement day. IV

The Science of Discworld

Jack Sidney Cohen

The fantastic first book in the The Sunday Times bestselling Science of Discworld series, fully revised and updated. When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. The Universe, of course, is our own. And Roundworld is Earth. As the wizards watch their accidental creation grow, we follow the story of our universe from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the Internet and beyond. Through this original Terry Pratchett story (with intervening chapters from Cohen and Stewart) we discover how puny and insignificant individual lives are against a cosmic backdrop of creation and disaster. Yet, paradoxically, we see how the richness of a universe based on rules, has led to a complex world and at least one species that tried to get a grip of what was going on.

Eugenia Andino

Not bad for Arts types like me. A very varied introduction to Science.

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 and 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, The Globe presents a fascinating and brilliantly original view of the world we live in. The scene of the final epic battle is the first production of A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM at the Globe Theatre...

Muy decepcionante. El estilo coloquial lo hace muy accesible, pero la manera de saltar de aquí para allá con los temas sin parar más de dos páginas en ninguno me aburrió. A ratos, un párrafo suelto con una frase original o brillante y el resto, un "¿a dónde me quieres llevar?"

De los cuatro libros de "Ciencia de Mundodisco", este se centra en el pensamiento, la religión, y la relación entre la religión y la ciencia en cuestiones como el origen del mundo. Magnífico.

I think this is a spectacular book if you want to delve deeper into space and time, and the beginning of everything. It's basically the wizards of Unseen University stumbling around an accidental universe that is creating a "round world," with frequent jumps in between science and Discworld.

I will say that I wash Discworld was explained a tad more, since it seems to not be the main focus here, but it is definitely an interesting book. I especially liked listening to the audio book, which was relaxing and reminded me of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy narrative.

Christopher Wheeler

Gavin

"In the high-energy magic facility of Unseen University, the wizards have created a miniature cosmos that includes Roundworld, known to us as Earth. As they bicker over the meaning of this - to them - unfeasible and bizarre planet, we go on a tour of Big Science. From astrophysics to quantum mechanics, the interleaved chapters give us a briefing on the history and the present state of play of our scientific learning, while stressing alway the limits of our knowledge--. The tone is intelligent and humorous (think Horizon with laughs) and demands an intellectual engagement on the part of the reader. The result is a book in which the hard science is as gripping as the fiction--one for anyone with an interest in where science comes from and where it is going." - The Times

Magnus Dahl

Marsh Wu

Johannes Deva-Koch

Masa

Ryan B Harvey

Rose Stanley

The sequel to the bestselling Science of Discworld. The acclaimed "Science of Discworld centered around an original Pratchett story about the Wizards of Discworld. In it, they accidentally witness the creation and evolution of our universe in a plot interwoven with a Cohen & Stewart non-fiction narrative about Big Science. In "The Globe, the same structure applies, only this time the themes are Human Science: History, Origins of Language, Archaeology, Anthropology, Evolutionary Psychology and, overall, the importance of Story to our culture (and of course to all Pratchett fans). There is a well-known theory that there are only seven stories known to man. The Elves of Discworld have discovered an eighth - a story of awesome power - which they play out on Roundworld (Earth) in their attempt to defeat the Witches of Discworld.

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