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“Sometimes scientists change their minds. New developments cause a rethink. If this bothers you, consider how much damage is being done to the world by people for whom new developments do not cause a rethink.” In Terry Pratchett's The Science of Discworld , science and magic are alternately discussed Leggi tutto

Unfortunately the Science in this book was too basic for me, but I must applaud the authors for their approach through Discworld. Now, what kept me reading was the story of the wizards. I must point out that it was difficult not to cheat and skip over all the science chapters. But I would have enjoy Leggi tutto

Back in the late 90s, there was a whole slew of "Science Of...." books. The science of Star Trek, X-Files, Star Wars, all of them did their best to explain the fantastic in terms of what we already knew about science. They weren't trying to disprove these worlds - saying that warp speed is impossibl Leggi tutto

Imagine sitting down to read a book from your favorite author. At the end of the first chapter your friend takes away the book and replaces it with a transcript of the show Cosmos with Neil deGrasse Tyson. You like Cosmos and Mr Tyson is interesting so you read it. At the first break, your friend ta Leggi tutto

The Science of Discworld is an odd sort of Discworld book. Based on the name, I had thought it was going to delve into more detail about the fictional workings of the Discworld. Like, say, how the giant turtle and the elephants stay alive outside of an atmosphere or how water on the Discworld gets r Leggi tutto

Няма по-прекрасен начин да посрещнеш Новата година от нова книга на Тери Пратчет! В абсурдното време, в което живеем всеки втори има експертно мнение и развява невидими дипломи от още по-невидими университети, конспиративни теории замъгляват здравия разум, а една съвсем немалка група хора твърдят уб Leggi tutto