Unweaving the Rainbow Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
- Publish date: 04/01/2000
Description:
It has been said of the acclaimed scientist Richard Dawkins, "No one can make science so exciting, so interesting or so clear" (Spectator). Now he considers a landmark question: Did Newton "unweave the rainbow" by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats contended -- and so diminish beauty? Far from it, Dawkins says: Newton's unweaving is the key to much of modern astronomy and to the poetry of modern cosmology. Mysteries don't lose their poetry when they are solved; often the solution is more beautiful still, uncovering deeper poetry. With the wit, insight, and spellbinding prose that have made his books international bestsellers, Dawkins brilliantly assesses what science is and what it isn't, and pays tribute to scientific exploration as only he can.
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