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050	0	0	_aQ175 _b.D33 1998
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100	1		_aDawkins, Richard _d(, 1941-)
245	1	0	_aUnweaving the rainbow _b: science, delusion, and the appetite for wonder _c/ Richard Dawkins.
260			_aBoston _b: Houghton Mifflin _c, 1998.
300			_axiv, 336 p. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 314-323) and index.
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 acclaimed scientist Richard 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 often is more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering deeper mysteries. With the wit, insight, and spellbinding prose that have made him a best-selling author, Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science, from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality, combining them in a landmark statement of the human appetite for wonder. This is the book Richard Dawkins was meant to write: a brilliant assessment of what science is (and isn't), a tribute to science not because it is useful but because it is uplifting.
650		4	_aScience _x-Philosophy
650		0	_aScience News
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