{"product_id":"unweaving-the-rainbow-science-delusion-and-the-appetite-for-wonder-9780618056736","title":"Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBiologist, humanist, and bestselling author Richard Dawkins deeply examines the inherent beauty within modern scientific discoveries. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If any recent writing about science is poetic, it is this\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003eDid 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. Mysteries don't lose their poetry because they are solved: the solution often is more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering deeper mysteries. \u003cbr\u003eWith the wit, insight, and spellbinding prose that have made him a bestselling author, Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science, from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality, combining them in a landmark statement of the human appetite for wonder. Unweaving the Rainbow is a brilliant assessment of what science is (and isn't), a tribute to science not because it is useful but because it is uplifting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDawkins, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - RICHARD DAWKINS is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. He is the author of 15 books including\u003ci\u003eUnweaving the Rainbow, A Devil's Chaplain\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe God Delusion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003eDawkins lives in Oxford., \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726442598674,"sku":"9780618056736","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c260253-b62b-4465-98be-254319632845.jpg?v=1734869924","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/unweaving-the-rainbow-science-delusion-and-the-appetite-for-wonder-9780618056736","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}