The Magic of Reality : How We Know What's Really True (Paperback)

from datrappert

Dawkins uses several simple questions, such as "Why are there so many different kinds of animals?", as starting points for providing simple, clearly reasoned discussions of evolution, the creation of the universe, and other scientific "magic". He starts out most chapters by discussing some of the...

from jobinsonlis

My favorite part of this book would have to be the artwork, which is as varied as it is creative and beautiful. The illustrator Dave McKean is probably better known as the director of MirrorMask and the main illustrator for Neil Gaiman. Honestly at times the prose felt dry in comparison to the vi...

from Daumari

Gorgeous book, Dawkins answers many of the basic questions children and adults have- who was the first person? What is day and night? Why do bad things happen? with the power of science. Chapters typically start with several myths from different cultures that people have used to explain phenomeno...

from klburnside

The Magic of Reality is a science book for children. In this book, Richard Dawkins claims that the scientific world is full of what he calls 'poetic magic'. He defines this as something "deeply moving, exhilarating: something that gives us goose bumps, something that makes us feel more fully aliv...

from JeffV

A year or so ago; right-wing nutjob Bill O'Reilly, amidst one of his bizarre tirades, pretty much admitted to being utterly clueless as to the state of science and assumed his followers were as clueless as he. And judging by the imbeciles his party has trotted forth since Bush Sr. became a one-te...