The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins
These fantastical myths are fun but what are the real answers to such questions? Professor Richard Dawkins has teamed up with renowned illustrator Dave McKean to take you on an amazing journey from atoms to animals, pollination to paranoia, the big bang to the bigger picture.
It's the clearest and most beautifully written introduction to science I've ever read. . Explanations I thought I knew were clarified; things I never understood were made clear for the first time. * Philip Pullman *
I wanted to write this book but I wasn't clever enough. Now I've read it, I am. * Ricky Gervais *
Prodigiously illustrated and beautifully designed ... I cannot think of a better, or simpler, introduction to science. * Guardian *
From the first sentence it reads with the force and fluency of a classic ... a luminous, authoritative prose that transcends age differences. * The Times *
With fabulous illustrations by Dave McKean, Richard Dawkins' The Magic of Reality is an outstanding science book. Written in a simple. conversational style that will appeal to adults as well as teenagers, it really does explain complex subjects clearly. Every home should have a copy of this beautifully produced book. -- Marilyn Brocklehurst * The Bookseller *
I wanted to write this book but I wasn't clever enough. Now I've read it, I am. * Ricky Gervais *
Prodigiously illustrated and beautifully designed ... I cannot think of a better, or simpler, introduction to science. * Guardian *
From the first sentence it reads with the force and fluency of a classic ... a luminous, authoritative prose that transcends age differences. * The Times *
With fabulous illustrations by Dave McKean, Richard Dawkins' The Magic of Reality is an outstanding science book. Written in a simple. conversational style that will appeal to adults as well as teenagers, it really does explain complex subjects clearly. Every home should have a copy of this beautifully produced book. -- Marilyn Brocklehurst * The Bookseller *
Richard Dawkins is author of The Selfish Gene, voted The Royal Society's Most Inspiring Science Book of All Time, and also the bestsellers The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, and two volumes of autobiography, An Appetite for Wonder and Brief Candle in the Dark. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and a fellow of both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. In 2013, Dawkins was voted the world’s top thinker in Prospect magazine’s poll of 10,000 readers from over 100 countries.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857531940 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857531948 |
| Title | The Magic of Reality |
| Author | Richard Dawkins |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 2012-09-13 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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