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

Author(s): Richard Dawkins; Dave McKean (Illustrator)

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Richard Dawkins, the world's most famous evolutionary biologist, presents a gorgeously lucid, science book examining some of the nature'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 sun--explaining the life and death of stars; why there's a night and a day--ranging from our solar system to the inner workings of our planet; what a rainbow really is--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?

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A stunning collaboration between a world-famous scientist and outstanding illustrator

Richard Dawkins is the former Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University (1995-2008). His many bestsellers include The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion. Dave McKean has illustrated many award winning books and graphic novels, including Coraline by Neil Gaiman, and the Newberry and Carnegie Medal winning The Graveyard Book. He has created hundreds of album, comic and book covers, and has designed characters for two of the Harry Potter films. He has also directed two feature films, MirrorMask and Luna.

General Fields

  • : 9780593066126
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Bantam Press
  • : 1.07
  • : September 2011
  • : 252mm X 192mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : September 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Richard Dawkins; Dave McKean (Illustrator)
  • : Hardback
  • : Hardback
  • : 10-Nov
  • : 10-Nov
  • : Dave McKean
  • : Dave McKean
  • : English
  • : English
  • : 501
  • : 501
  • : very good
  • : very good
  • : 272
  • : 272
  • : Illustrated throughout with 4 colour integrated artwork
  • : Illustrated throughout with 4 colour integrated artwork