The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True (2012)
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True (2012)
Filled with clever thought experiments and jaw-dropping facts, The Magic of Reality explains a stunningly wide range of natural phenomena:
How old is the universe?
Why do the continents look like disconnected pieces of a jigsaw puzzle?
What causes tsunamis?
Why are there so many kinds of plants and animals?
Who was the first man, or woman?
Starting with the magical, mythical explanations for the wonders of nature, Dawkins reveals the exhilarating scientific truths behind these occurrences. This is a page-turning detective story that not only mines all the sciences for its clues but primes the reader to think like a scientist as well.
About the author
Clinton Richard Dawkins is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and author. He 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. From 1967 to 1969, he was an assistant professor of zoology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Filled with clever thought experiments and jaw-dropping facts, The Magic of Reality explains a stunningly wide range of natural phenomena:
How old is the universe?
Why do the continents look like disconnected pieces of a jigsaw puzzle?
What causes tsunamis?
Why are there so many kinds of plants and animals?
Who was the first man, or woman?
Starting with the magical, mythical explanations for the wonders of nature, Dawkins reveals the exhilarating scientific truths behind these occurrences. This is a page-turning detective story that not only mines all the sciences for its clues but primes the reader to think like a scientist as well.
About the author
Clinton Richard Dawkins is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and author. He 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. From 1967 to 1969, he was an assistant professor of zoology at the University of California, Berkeley.
