The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins (Author), Dave McKean (Illustrator). Magic takes many forms. Supernatural magic is what our ancestors used to be able to explain the world before they developed the scientific method. The ancient Egyptians definitely the night time by suggesting the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods’ bridge to earth. The Japanese used to clarify earthquakes by conjuring a gigantic catfish that carried the world on it again-earthquakes occurred every time it flipped its tail. These are magical, extraordinary tales. But there is one other kind of magic, and it lies within the exhilaration of discovering the true solutions to these questions. It is the magic of actuality-science.
Full of clever thought experiments, dazzling illustrations and jaw-dropping details, The Magic of Actuality explains a stunningly big selection of pure phenomena. What's stuff manufactured from? How outdated is the universe? Why do the continents look like disconnected pieces of a puzzle? What causes tsunamis? Why are there so many sorts of vegetation and animals? Who was the primary man, or woman? This can be a page-turning, a graphic detective story that not only mines all of the sciences for its clues however primes the reader to assume like a scientist as well.
Richard Dawkins, the world’s most well-known evolutionary biologist and one of science education’s most passionate advocates, has spent his career elucidating the wonders of science for adult readers. But now, in a dramatic departure, he has teamed up with acclaimed artist Dave McKean and used his unequaled explanatory powers to share the magic of science with readers of all ages. This can be a treasure trove for anyone who has ever wondered how the world works. Dawkins and McKean have created an illustrated information to the secrets of our world-and the universe beyond-that may entertain and inform for years to come.
His book is great and the iPad version is flat out COOL. I've learn many remarks in the comments regarding the e-book being written for older youngsters and being restricted; let's please not overlook that 40-60 percent of the United States not only rejects evolution, but does not possess the faintest thought of how evolution works. If in case you have a religious good friend that may be inquisitive about science, secular considering, and even primary reality, or a spiritual good friend that merely cannot comprehend the way you accept evolution or reject gods and reject myths; then this e-book may just be the perfect introduction for them.
As an ex-spiritual, quite content material atheist dad or mum, this guide is an invaluable software for my youngsters (to understand the world through which we dwell) and my religious household that struggles with my secular status. As a layperson, I'm not probably the most certified candidates to give a dissertation on purifying selection, DNA, and breaking down myth versus reality to a viewer that's fully entrenched particularly myths. For me, The Magic Of Reality is a true gift.
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True \ Richard Dawkins (Author), Dave McKean (Illustrator)
272 pages
Free Press; First Edition edition (October 4, 2011)
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