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The Science of Discworld III
- Darwin's Watch
- Narrated by: Stephen Briggs, Michael Fenton Stevens
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to rid the planet of a plague of elves, who attempted to divert humanity onto a different time track. But now it's all gone wrong - Victorian England has stagnated and the pace of progress would embarrass a limping snail.
Unless something drastic is done, there won't be time for anyone to invent spaceflight and the human race will be turned into ice pops. Why, though, did history come adrift? Was it Sir Arthur Nightingale's dismal book about natural selection? Or was it the devastating response by an obscure country vicar called Charles Darwin, whose bestselling Theology of Species made it impossible to refute the divine design of living creatures? Either way, it's no easy task to change history, as the wizards discover to their cost. Can the God of Evolution come to humanity's aid and ensure Darwin writes a very different book? And who stopped him writing it in the first place?
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- Anonymous User
- 17-04-20
Great description of science
An absolutely wonderful book (or series of books) about many of the more complex notions in science - and a thorough investigation on how to approach them.
Having first read (listened to) the series while doing my PhD I want to aknowledge that the insights gained from these books influenced and helped me in my thesis writing. I can therefore heartily recomend the books to anyone wanting to get a better grasp on both general scientific practice, as well as particular concepts.
It might not always handle the easiest subjects but fortunately it is well written, humorous and therefore well worth re-visiting. Personally I have listened to all four books about five times... and will most likely do so at least once more.
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- Marc Pipmister
- 05-07-19
informative and enjoyable
If my teachers had made science this interesting who knows I may well have not taken Philosophy at university
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- Sir Bazile
- 25-05-22
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Plying Trac Off.
OH My God's I do not believe it...They only went and Referenced The WOMBLES of Wimbledon... Keep up the good work, Penny Hofstadter will graduate college with these books. And Annette, I can only assume you started with this book skipping Book's 1 & 2. IF you had read them first then the Third is going to be More of the SAME... LOL
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- wendy
- 07-04-13
Science as seen through the eyes of the wizards!
Having read this in paperback I leapt at the chance of listening to it via my mp3 player. The book comes alive and I understood so much more of the science it contained. The alternate chapters are written by Terry Pratchett and put the context of the science from the other chapters into perspective on the discworld. I am now looking forward to the next installment of The Science of Discworld.
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- X. Luo
- 16-09-15
Can't stop reading
The world is a wonderful place and books like these make us appreciate it more deeply. I feel so enriched.
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- Eclectic reader
- 21-01-23
Good blend of voices between chapters
Loved the way they linked the chapters and the story which the lore of disk world
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- R Bligh
- 19-02-17
deep but enjoyable
the science is sufficiently deep to teach but not lose the reader and the disc world story is great as always
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-02-16
discworld
loved the story and the narrator was also very good, learned about science as well as had a good laugh
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- simon jackson
- 12-10-22
Take Care
You have to concentrate!! It gets very complicated at times and uses some big words!
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- Slogger
- 21-03-17
Just another science lesson
This is not the usual fun filled Dkscworld novel. It's just a book full of science facts with the odd appearance of the wizards now and then.
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