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About the Author
TERRY PRATCHETT is the acclaimed creator of the bestselling Discworld series. He has been appointed OBE and a Knight Bachelor in recognition of his services to literature.
IAN STEWART is a Fellow of the Royal Society, professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick, and author of numerous books on math and popular science, as well as science fiction novels co-authored with Jack Cohen.
JACK COHEN is a professor of biology and honorary professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick, and has co-authored several books with Ian Stewart.
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Since Pratchett began writing about Discworld in 1983, his ideas involving the fanciful flat landscape, which rests on four gargantuan elephants and a turtle, have stretched across 40 novels, multiple stories, and several reference guides. This first of four Science of Discworld companion volumes, originally published in 1999, has now been reissued with updated scientific research that brings the series into the twenty-first century. In alternating chapters, the book adds another whimsical episode to Discworld lore and contrasts the magical “rules” of Pratchett’s realm with the human world’s more logic-oriented science. In the Discworld sections, an experiment at Unseen University goes awry, forcing its wizards to create a new universe where planets, including Roundworld (aka Earth), form into balls instead of discs. The nonfiction science chapters explore such themes as the origin of the universe, tectonic plates, and the evolution of mankind. For Pratchett and Discworld devotees the volume is, of course, compulsory reading, but even science buffs who would normally eschew anything resembling fantasy will find much here to pique their interests. --Carl Hays
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Condition: Fair. : En este fascinante libro, Terry Pratchett, junto con Ian Stewart y Jack Cohen, exploran la intersección entre el mundo de fantasía de Discworld y la ciencia de nuestro propio universo. A través de una narrativa ingeniosa y accesible, los autores desentrañan conceptos científicos complejos, utilizando el peculiar mundo de Discworld como un espejo para reflejar y comprender mejor las leyes que rigen nuestra realidad. Una lectura imprescindible para los amantes de la ciencia y la fantasía por igual. EAN: 9780091865153 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Ciencia Ficción|Ciencias Título: The Science of Discworld Autor: Terry Pratchett| Ian Stewart| Jack Cohen Editorial: Ebury Press Idioma: en Páginas: 336 Formato: tapa dura. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-12-18-8bb0a74f
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