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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True Hardcover - 2011

by Richard Dawkins

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Free Press, October 2011. Hardcover. Very Good-. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.
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  • Title The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
  • Author Richard Dawkins
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good-
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Free Press, New York
  • Date October 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1077260
  • ISBN 9781439192818 / 1439192812
  • Weight 2 lbs (0.91 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.8 x 7.6 x 1 in (24.89 x 19.30 x 2.54 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Science, Nature
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011025607
  • Dewey Decimal Code 501

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Summary

Magic takes many forms. Supernatural magic is what our ancestors used in order to explain the world before they developed the scientific method. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods’ bridge to earth. The Japanese used to explain earthquakes by conjuring a gigantic catfish that carried the world on its back—earthquakes occurred each time it flipped its tail. These are magical, extraordinary tales. But there is another kind of magic, and it lies in the exhilaration of discovering the real answers to these questions. It is the magic of reality—science.

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About the author

Richard Dawkins is a Fellow of the Royal Society and was the inaugural holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He is the acclaimed author of many books including The Selfish Gene, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, and The Greatest Show on Earth. Visit him at RichardDawkins.net.

Dave McKean has illustrated and designed many award-winning comics and books as well as CD covers, a Broadway musical, and creatures for the Harry Potter films.