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Title Unweaving the rainbow : science, delusion, and the appetite for wonder / Richard Dawkins.
Author Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000, 1998.
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Description xiv, 336 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-323) and index.
Contents ch. 1. Anaesthetic of familiarity -- ch. 2. Drawing room of dukes -- ch. 3. Barcodes in the stars -- ch. 4. Barcodes on the air -- ch. 5. Barcodes at the bar -- ch. 6. Hoodwink'd with faery fancy -- ch. 7. Unweaving the uncanny -- ch. 8. Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance -- ch. 9. Selfish cooperator -- ch. 10. Genetic book of the dead -- ch. 11. Reweaving the world -- ch. 12. Balloon of the mind.
Summary "Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science, from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality, and combines them in a landmark statement of the human appetite for wonder."--Jacket.
Subject Science -- Philosophy.
Science news.
Sciences -- Philosophie.
Sciences -- Vulgarisation.
Natuurwetenschappen.
Natuur.
Verwondering.
Naturwissenschaften
ISBN 0395883822
9780395883822 : $15.95
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