Unweaving the Rainbow

Posted on 08 August 2018 by Richard Dawkins

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 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. Download Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins – kino-fada.fr The actual science bits in here are great Learned heaps about the workings of light and colour, sound and hearing was even reminded that the idea of superstitious behavior in animals is attributed to Skinner and not, sadly, my own idea Much geeky excitement experienced all round by yours truly Dawkins does a fine job of explaining complex ideas clearly and well.That s what was good about Unweaving the Rainbow.Sadly, what feels like waythan half of the book was spent painstakingly The actual science bits in here are great Learned heaps about the workings of light and colour, sound and hearing was even reminded that the idea of superstitious behavior in animals is attributed ...The first half or so was amazing, and the rest was still really interesting especially the end , if not quite as exhilarating At the same time, you have to remember that even that powerhouse of scientific poetry, Carl Sagan, had some dry chapters every now and t...Cred c aceasta a devenit cartea mea preferat de la Dawkins Spre deosebire de toate celalte pe care le am citit, de i mi s au p rut la fel de interesante din punct de vedere al informa iilor prezentate, Destr marea curcubeului este cea mai filosofic i liric Ceea ce, de fapt, este i ceea ce urm re te Dawkins s prezinte argumente n favoarea poetici ii tiin ei.Contrar a ceea ce mul i cred, tiin a nu distruge magia lumii sau, cum ar spune Blaga, ea nu distruge corola de minuni a lumi Cred c aceasta a devenit cartea mea preferat de la Dawkins Spre deosebire de toate celalte pe care le am citit, de i mi s au p rut la fel de interesante din punct de vedere al informa iilor prezentate, Destr marea curcubeului este cea mai filosofic i liric Ceea ce, de fapt, este i ceea ce urm re te Dawkins s prezinte argumente n favoarea poetici ii tiin ei.Contrar a ceea ce mul i cred, tiin a nu distruge magia lumii sau, cum ar spune Blaga, ea nu distruge corola de minuni a lumii Dimpotriv Ea revel universul din care facem parte n toat m re ia lui i expune misterele care ne vin n nt mpinare c nd ncerc m s l descifr m Dar chiar i c nd afl m modul cum func ioneaz fenomenele din jurul nostru, chiar i cele care ne inspir frumuse e i venera ie precum curcubeul i stelele sau mintea uman , r spunsurile tiin ei nu distrug lirismul, ci el...One of the Goodreads reviews on this book relates, simply, that the writer of the review had been on a cruise ship with the author prior to reading the book When she DID read the book, she regretted that she didn t do some kind of small violence to his person while on the cruise with him.In many ways, that sums up my take beautifully This was the most interesting book I ve ever despised Certainly, I have a brain not suited to the exigencies of science But when he wasn t losing me in a web One of the Goodreads reviews on this book relates, simply, that the writer of the review had been on a cruise ship with the author prior to reading the book When she DID read the book, she regretted that she didn t do some kind of small violence to his person while on the cruise with him.In many ways, that sums up my take beautifully This was the most interesting book I ve ever despised Certainly, I have a brain not suited to the exigencies of science But when he wasn t losing me in a web of convoluted explanation, he was was looking down his nose at me like a curmudgeonly professor who is inordinately piqued that an average undergraduate had the audacity to drop by during office hours and ask a stupid question.That said, I learned a lot and, while I did not become a convert to his thesis that science can be as beautiful as poetry, I will admit that, were my brainsuited to the be...As a person unlearned well, okay, let s be honest, frankly ignorant in science, I enjoyed this wide ranging book Dawkins largely achieves his aim to show that an understanding of the science of phenomena can create a sense of wonder equal to mythic or poetic metaphor, with a concomitant gain in understanding and an increased desire to know stilland to look askance at delusions that are unsupportable in light of what we know and continue to learn Not every chapter is strong The part o As a person unlearned well, okay, let s be honest, frankly ignorant in science, I enjoyed this wide ranging book Dawkins largely achieves his aim to show that an understanding of the science of phenomena can create a sense of wonder equal to mythic ...Written a few years prior to The God Delusion, this book serves as a useful bridge for anyone familiar with Dawkins s atheist output but unfamiliar with hisscientific titles His critics often like to portray him as arrogant, hectoring or that other old chestnut shrill and overly absorbed with the cold clinical application of the scientific method Well he may not be cuddly, and I may not agree with his approach to everything, but for the most part I find him genial, honorable and goo Written a few years prior to The God Delusion, this book serves as a useful bridge for anyone familiar with Dawkins s atheist output but unfamiliar with hisscientific titles His critics often like to portray him as arrogant, hectoring or that other old chestnut shrill and overly absorbed with the cold clinical application of the scientific method Well he may not be cuddly, and I may not agree with his approach to everything, but for the most part I find him genial, honorable and good...Dawkins no perdona a nadie , me encantaA weak book from Dawkins Regardless of his ideas being right or wrong, he is a bad writer, and here he is worse than ever He stumbles from the banal to the sublime, to the complex to the simple, to the popular to the academic without even noticing that One page you are reading a very important theory and in the next paragraph he goes on tellin...Siempre es un placer leer a Dawkins, es un escritor que puede simplificar los conceptos m s complejos y hacerte disfrutar de temas que a muchos les aburr a de j venes biolog a, qu mica, f sica, etc particularmente, yo a n no supero mis problemas con los vectores.Muchos piensan que la ciencia le quita el color a la vida con sus explicaciones complicadas y extensas, intentando arrebatarnos lo brillante y emocionante de lo desconocido Pues este libro nos demuestra que la ciencia hace de todo m Siempre es un placer leer a Dawkins, es un escritor que puede simplificar los conceptos m s complejos y hacerte disfrutar de temas que a muchos les aburr a de j venes biolog a, qu mica, f sica, etc particularmente, yo a n no supero mis problemas con los vectores.Muchos piensan que la ciencia le quita el color a la vida con sus explicaciones complicadas y extensas, intentando arrebatarnos lo brillante y emocionante de lo desconocido Pues este libro nos demuestra que la ciencia hace de todo menos eso.En nuestro pasado, en nuestros genes, y en nuestra mente se esconden las respuestas a preguntas tan b sicas como De d nde venimos , C mo evolucionamos C mo surgi ...Un libro acerca de la capacidad que tiene la ciencia para maravillarnos con la realidad Aprend c mo funciona el modelo que nos fabrica el cerebro acerca de la realidad, y otras cosas interesantes No dice cosas tan distintas a sus otros...

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08 August 2018

Richard Dawkins