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<p><P>Did 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&#58; 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.<br> This is the book Richard Dawkins was meant to write&#58; a brilliant assessment of what science is (and isn't), a tribute to science not because it is useful but because it is uplifting.</p> <h3></h3> <p>"Like an extended stay on a brain health-farm . . .You come out feeling lean, tuned and enormously more intelligent."</p>

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Author

Dawkins, Richard

Publisher

Mariner Books;Houghton Mifflin

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780547347356

Category

science

Subjects

Crafts & Hobbies, Social Science, Fiction

Rating

4.01 / 5 (8,226 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14