The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day

The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day

A brilliant new Discworld story from Terry Pratchett combined with cutting-edge science and philosophy from Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen. This time the trio take on THE REALLY BIG QUESTIONS -- God, the Universe and, frankly, Everything Else.Â
Â Â Â Â Â The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with THE REALLY BIG QUESTIONS, Terry Pratchett's brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen, to bring you a mind-mangling combination of fiction, cutting-edge science and philosophy.
Â Â Â Â Marjorie Daw is a librarian, and takes her job -- and indeed the truth of words -- very seriously. She doesn't know it, but her world and ours -- Roundworld -- is in big trouble. On Discworld, a colossal row is brewing.
Â Â Â Â The Wizards of Unseen University feel responsible for Roundworld (as one would for a pet gerbil). After all, they brought it into existence by bungling an experiment in Quantum ThaumoDynamics. But legal action is being brought against them by Omnians, who say that the Wizards' god-like actions make a mockery of their noble religion.
Â Â Â Â As the finest legal brains in Discworld (a zombie and a priest) gird their loins to do battle -- and when the Great Big Thing in the High Energy Magic Laboratory is switched on -- Marjorie Daw finds herself thrown across the multiverse and right in the middle of the whole explosive affair.
Â Â Â Â As God, the Universe and, frankly, Everything Else is investigated by the trio, you can expect world-bearing elephants, quantum gravity in the Escher-verse, evolutionary design, eternal inflation, dark matter, disbelief systems -- and an in-depth study of how to invent a better mousetrap.
Country USA
Brand Ebury Press
Manufacturer Ebury Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 39389546
ReleaseDate 2014-04-21
Format International Edition
UPCs 978091949808
EANs 0978091949808

Country	USA
Brand	Ebury Press
Manufacturer	Ebury Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	39389546
ReleaseDate	2014-04-21
Format	International Edition
UPCs	978091949808
EANs	0978091949808

The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day

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