Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

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	Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins Mariner Books, 2000 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 95 reviews view larger image
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Did Newton "unweave the rainbow" by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats contended? Did he, in other words, diminish beauty? Far from it, says acclaimed scientist Richard Dawkins; Newton's unweaving is the key to much of modern astronomy and to the breathtaking poetry of modern cosmology. Mysteries don't lose their poetry because they are solved: the solution often is more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering deeper mysteries.
With the wit, insight, and spellbinding prose that have made him a best-selling author, Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science, from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality, combining them in a landmark statement of the human appetite for wonder.
This is the book Richard Dawkins was meant to write: a brilliant assessment of what science is (and isn't), a tribute to science not because it is useful but because it is uplifting.

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INSIGHTFUL...POETIC!

This is a beautiful work presented in a prose that captures a great thinkers' insights poetically; a pure pleasure to read and savor!

Inspiring

Unweaving The Rainbow is not only a great science book for a casual reader, but it is also very inspiring because Dawkins' writing shows science and the natural world in a light that fills the reader with awe and wonder. Very well done and pleasant to read.

A tour de force of scientific reasoning

After reading Richard Dawkins lucid explanation of why things are they way they are, the rainbow seems even more beautiful. The book is yet another example of Richard Dawkins' ability to eloquently provide simplified and lucid explanations to the wonders around us without resorting to the fantastic.

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Brilliant

I positively love Dawkins literary style. The more of his books you read, the more you can feel how passionate he is about science and the natural world. The "official" book reviews call "Unweaving The Rainbow" a "love letter to science." I suppose you could call it that. I actually found it extremely informative on many scientific subjects, without being overly scientific or complicated. This would be an excellent read for someone who wants to learn something about natural sciences without getting drowned in all the professional, scientific jargon. The only reason I took a star away from this book is because I do feel that he gets a bit carried away with the poetry inserts. I'm not much of a poetry buff anyway, and the regularly inserted poems or poetic briefs only seem to get in the way of the interesting stuff in the book. Otherwise I loved this book immensely and would highly recommend it to anyone, whether scientifically inclined or not!!

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What an author! What a book!

I was first drawn to Dawkin through his book God Delusion. He was very good author there and he is a very good author here. You will be enlightened.

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