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The Magic of Reality: Illustrated Children´s Edition
Richard Dawkins
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Description for The Magic of Reality: Illustrated Children´s Edition
Paperback. Have you heard the tale of how the sun hatched out of an emu's egg? Or what about the great catfish that carries the world on its back? Has anyone ever told you that earthquakes are caused by a sneezing giant? In this book, the author takes you on a journey from atoms to animals, pollination to paranoia, and the big bang to the bigger picture. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrated throughout with 4 colour integrated artwork. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 247 x 189 x 18. Weight in Grams: 878.
What are things made of?
What is the sun?
Is there really life on other planets?
Why do bad things happen?
Throughout history, people have invented fascinating stories to explain the world we live in. Have you heard the tale of how the sun hatched out of an emu’s egg? Or what about the great catfish that carries the world on its back? Has anyone ever told you that earthquakes are caused by a sneezing giant? These fantastical myths are fun – but what are the real answers to such questions?
Professor Richard Dawkins has teamed up ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857531940
SKU
V9780857531940
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99-17
About Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins is author of The Selfish Gene, voted The Royal Society's Most Inspiring Science Book of All Time, and also the bestsellers The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, and two volumes of autobiography, An Appetite for Wonder and Brief Candle in the Dark. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford ... Read more
Reviews for The Magic of Reality: Illustrated Children´s Edition
It's the clearest and most beautifully written introduction to science I've ever read . . . Explanations I thought I knew were clarified; things I never understood were made clear for the first time.
Philip Pullman
I wanted to write this book but I wasn't clever enough. Now I've read it, I am.
Ricky Gervais
Prodigiously ... Read more
Philip Pullman
I wanted to write this book but I wasn't clever enough. Now I've read it, I am.
Ricky Gervais
Prodigiously ... Read more