Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
by Richard Dawkins
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages352 pages
ISBN
9780618056736
Published
1998
Description
Did Newton "Unweave the rainbow" By reducing it to its prismatic colors, as keats contended? Did he, in other words, diminish beauty? Far from it, says acclaimed scientist Richard Dawkins; Newton's unweaving is the key t...Did Newton "Unweave the rainbow" By reducing it to its prismatic colors, as keats contended? Did he, in other words, diminish beauty? Far from it, says acclaimed scientist Richard Dawkins; Newton's unweaving is the key to much of modern astronomy and to the breathtaking poetry of modern cosmology.
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