The Science of Discworld II: The Globe
by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen | Science Fiction & Fantasy | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780091888053 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780091888053 Global Overview for this book
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They get everywhere. And they like humans to be superstitious, fearful and frigdtened of thunder. They're after our future and must be stopped... but by who?
Enter the wizards of the Unseen University who, in the best-selling Science of Discworld unwittingly created Earth and our own universe. At the time they quite failed to notice humanity. (Well, we've only been around for a million years, so we're easily overlooked...) But now, at last, they've found us.
The Globe is a unique book, weaving together a fast-paced Discworld novelette with cutting-edge scientific commentary on the evolution and development of the human mind, culture, language, art and science. The result - as the wizards grapple with the nature of Good and Evil, and history is rewritten several times over - is a fascinating and brilliant original view of the world we live in.
They get everywhere. And they like humans to be superstitious, fearful and frigdtened of thunder. They're after our future and must be stopped... but by who?
Enter the wizards of the Unseen University who, in the best-selling Science of Discworld unwittingly created Earth and our own universe. At the time they quite failed to notice humanity. (Well, we've only been around for a million years, so we're easily overlooked...) But now, at last, they've found us.
The Globe is a unique book, weaving together a fast-paced Discworld novelette with cutting-edge scientific commentary on the evolution and development of the human mind, culture, language, art and science. The result - as the wizards grapple with the nature of Good and Evil, and history is rewritten several times over - is a fascinating and brilliant original view of the world we live in.
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