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Title: THE SCIENCE OF DISCWORLD II
THE GLOBE
By: Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £7.99


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ISBN 10: 140702261X
ISBN 13: 9781407022611
Publisher: EBURY PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 1 June, 2011
Pages: 368
Description: Looks at what happens when the wizards of Discworld meddle with history in a battle against the elves for the future of humanity on Earth.
Synopsis: The acclaimed Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the Wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot which was interleaved with a Cohen & Stewart non-fiction narrative about Big Science. In The Science of Discworld II our authors join forces again to see just what happens when the wizards meddle with history in a battle against the elves for the future of humanity on Earth. London is replaced by a dozy Neanderthal village. The Renaissance is given a push. The role of fat women in art is developed. And one very famous playwright gets born and writes The Play. Weaving together a fast-paced Discworld novelette with cutting-edge scientific commentary on the evolution and development of the human mind, culture, language, art, and science, this is a book in which 'the hard science is as gripping as the fiction'. (The Times)
Publication: UK
Imprint: Ebury Digital
Returns: Non-returnable
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