Unweaving the Rainbow. Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
by DAWKINS, Richard
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society, 2009. Hardcover. Fine. London, The Folio Society, 2009 (first thus). Octavo, xx, 299 pages plus numerous pages of colour plates. Gilt- and red-pictorial black cloth; a fine copy in the fine slipcase. 'My title is from Keats, who believed that Newton had destroyed all the poetry of the rainbow by reducing it to its prismatic colours. Keats could hardly have been more wrong, and my aim is to guide all who are tempted by a similar view towards the opposite conclusion. 'Science is, or ought to be, the inspiration for great poetry' (author's preface).
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 139414
- Title
- Unweaving the Rainbow. Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
- Author
- DAWKINS, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2009
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Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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- Octavo
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