The Science of Discworld

By: Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack S. Cohen

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Hardcover | 1 June 1999

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Everyone from the fantasy universe of Discworld knows that the world is flat, and that a million-in-one chance crops up 90per cent of the time. In our world, science tells us that our more "logical" universe does not obey common sense at all. This book uses Discworld science to illuminate our science.

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It hardly needs any recommendation from the Guide to encourage Discworld fans to buy this book! Pratchett joins forces with two extremely well-known science popularizers to tell us, in fact, a lot more about the science of our own universe than about Discworld, but using the pseudo-science of his famous creation as a starting point. Since the book will sell in truckloads anyway, perhaps we can be a little critical. The science is not always correct (for example, the discussion of the cosmological red shift), and as far as can be ascertained from the text, Pratchett's contribution is much smaller than the size of his name on the cover implies. But don't let that put you off (as if it would). This is a highly entertaining romp through a lot of scientific ideas (described accurately for the most part) that will leave you with a much better idea of what science is all about than many a more earnest tome. (Kirkus UK)

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