The Science Of Discworld
Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack S. Cohen
ISBN: | 9781446459744 |
Publisher: | Ebury Press |
Published: | 31 May, 2011 |
Format: | eBook - EPUB |
Editions: |
9 other editions
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- 1 The Colour of Magic
- 2 The Light Fantastic
- 3 Equal Rites
- 4 Mort
- 5 Sourcery
- 6 Wyrd Sisters
- 7 Pyramids
- 8 Guards! Guards!
- 9 Eric
- 10 Moving Pictures
- 11 Reaper Man
- 12 Witches Abroad
- 13 Small Gods
- 14 Lords and Ladies
- 15 Men at Arms
- 16 Soul Music
- 17 Interesting Times
- 18 Maskerade
- 19 Feet of Clay
- 20 Hogfather
- 21 Jingo
- 22 The Last Continent
- 23 Carpe Jugulum
- 24 The Fifth Elephant
- 25 The Truth
- 26 Thief of Time
- 27 The Last Hero
- 28 The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
- 29 Night Watch
- 30 The Wee Free Men
- 31 Monstrous Regiment
- 32 A Hat Full of Sky
- 33 Going Postal
- 34 Thud!
- 35 Wintersmith
- 36 Making Money
- 37 Unseen Academicals
- 38 I Shall Wear Midnight
- 39 Snuff
- 40 Raising Steam
- 41 The Shepherd's Crown
- Death's Domain
- Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
- The Art of Discworld
- The Science of Discworld
- The Unseen University Cut Out Book
- Where's My Cow?
The Science Of Discworld
Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack S. Cohen
In the 'fantasy' universe of the phenomenally bestselling Discworld series, everything runs on magic and common sense. The world is flat and million-to-one chances happen nine times out of ten. Our world seems different - it runs on rules, often rather strange ones. Science is our way of finding out what those rules are. The appeal of Discworld is that it mostly makes sense, in a way that particle physics does not. The Science of Discworld uses the magic of Discworld to illuminate the scientific rules that govern our world. 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. Roundworld is, of course, our own universe. With us inside it (eventually). Guided (if that's the word) by the wizards, we follow its story from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the Internet and beyond. 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 on what was going on. . .
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