The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True

The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
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Richard Dawkins, the worldâ€™s most famous evolutionary biologist, presents a gorgeously lucid, science book examining some of the natureâ€™s most fundamental questions both from a mythical and scientific perspective.

Science is our most precise and powerful tool for making sense of the world. Before we developed the scientific method, we created rich mythologies to explain the unknown. The pressing questions that primitive men and women asked are the same ones we ask as children. Who was the first person? What is the sun? Why is there night and day? The myths that address these questions are beautiful, but in every case their beauty is exceeded by the scientific truth.

With characteristic clarity and verve, Dawkins answers these big questions. Looking first at some of the myths that arose to answer the question, he then, dazzles us with the facts. He looks at the building blocks of matter, the first humans, the sunâ€”explaining the life and death of stars; why thereâ€™s a night and a dayâ€”ranging from our solar system to the inner workings of our planet; what a rainbow really isâ€”going from the rainbow in your backyard to the age of the universe; and finally, he poses a question that still baffles scientists: When did everything begin?
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster Audio
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 9781442341760
ReleaseDate 2011-10-04
UnitCount 1
Format Audiobook
EANs 9781442341760

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster Audio
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	9781442341760
ReleaseDate	2011-10-04
UnitCount	1
Format	Audiobook
EANs	9781442341760

The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True

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