The Magic of Reality : How we know what's really true (Record no. 297071)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780552778909
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 501 DAW-M
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Personal name Richard Dawkins
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Title The Magic of Reality : How we know what's really true
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Black Swan
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2012
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 266p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods' bridge to earth. These are magical, extraordinary tales. But there is another kind of magic, and it lies in the exhilaration of discovering the real answers to these questions. It is the magic of reality - science. Packed with inspiring explanations of space, time and evolution, laced with humour and clever thought experiments, The Magic of Reality explores a stunningly wide range of natural phenomena. What is stuff made of? How old is the universe? What causes tsunamis? Who was the first man, or woman? This is a page-turning, inspirational detective story that not only mines all the sciences for its clues but primes the reader to think like a scientist too. Richard Dawkins elucidates the wonders of the natural world to all ages with his inimitable clarity and exuberance in a text that will enlighten and inform for generations to come.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science--Miscellanea. Science--Philosophy.
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Personal name Ilustrated by Dave McKean.
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Koha item type Book
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 08/05/2019 1 501 DAW-M DCB3523 21/05/2019 21/05/2019 08/05/2019 Book