Book:The Science of Discworld - Revision history

Guybrush: Added notes about the cover and changes to the revised 2002 edition

2020-08-15T02:54:09Z

Added notes about the cover and changes to the revised 2002 edition

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	Roundworld is, of course, our own universe. With us inside it (eventually). Guided (if that's the word) by the wizards, we follow the story from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the Internet and beyond. We discover how puny and insignificant lives are against a cosmic backdrop of creation and disaster. Yet, paradoxically, we see how the richness of a universe based on rules has led to a complex world and at least one species that tried to get a grip on what was going on...		Roundworld is, of course, our own universe. With us inside it (eventually). Guided (if that's the word) by the wizards, we follow the story from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the Internet and beyond. We discover how puny and insignificant lives are against a cosmic backdrop of creation and disaster. Yet, paradoxically, we see how the richness of a universe based on rules has led to a complex world and at least one species that tried to get a grip on what was going on...

			==Cover==
			Paul Kidby's cover illustration is based on the 1768 painting "[[wikipedia:An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump\|An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump]]" by Joseph Wright, in which a natural philosopher uses a pump to remove air from a glass container containing a white cockatiel, with onlookers showing a variety of reactions.

	==Major Characters==		==Major Characters==
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	*[[Loko]] (Mentioned)		*[[Loko]] (Mentioned)

			==Notes==
			The 2002 and later editions include revisions to the science material to reflect "three years of scientific progress...forwards or backwards". In addition, two of the original fiction chapters (29 and 33) were split up to create space for two entirely new science chapters about cosmic disasters (chapter 32) and the life of dinosaurs (chapter 36).

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

Jagra: Gallery added

2017-06-04T17:20:48Z

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	\|title=The Science of Discworld		\|title=The Science of Discworld
	\|cover=[[File:SOD.jpg\|240px]]		\|cover=[[File:SOD.jpg\|240px\|thumb\|Cover by Paul Kidby]]
	\|coauthors=[[Ian Stewart]]~~<br/>~~[[Jack Cohen]]		\|coauthors=[[Ian Stewart]], [[Jack Cohen]]
	\|illustrator=[[Paul Kidby]]		\|illustrator=[[Paul Kidby]]
	\|publisher=Ebury Press		\|publisher=Ebury Press
	\|date= 1999		\|date=1999
	\|isbn= 0091865158		\|isbn=0091865158
	\|pages= 434		\|pages=434
	\|rrp=£16.99		\|rrp=£16.99
	\|series= Science books		\|series=Science books
	\|characters=		\|characters=
	\|annotations=		\|annotations=
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			==Gallery==
			{\|
			\|-
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:SOD FE.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|First Edition cover by [[Paul Kidby]]]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:SOD Proof.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Book Proof]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:SOD CD.jpg\|thumb\|150px\|Audio CD]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:SOD update.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Updated Cover]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:SOD Kirby.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by [[Josh Kirby]]]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:SOD US.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|US Cover]]
			\|}

	{{series\|series=Rincewind\|before=The Last Continent\|after=The Last Hero}}		{{series\|series=Rincewind\|before=The Last Continent\|after=The Last Hero}}

Jagra: update

2016-03-20T20:41:42Z

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			\|title=The Science of Discworld
			\|cover=[[File:SOD.jpg\|240px]]
			\|coauthors=[[Ian Stewart]]<br/>[[Jack Cohen]]
			\|illustrator=[[Paul Kidby]]
			\|publisher=Ebury Press
			\|date= 1999
			\|isbn= 0091865158
			\|pages= 434
			\|rrp=£16.99
			\|series= Science books
			\|characters=
			\|annotations=
			\|notes=
			}}
	==Blurb==		==Blurb==
	In the fantasy universe of the phenomenally best-selling Discworld series, everything runs on magic and common sense. The world is flat and [[million-to-one chance\|million-to-one chances]] happen nine times out of ten. Our world seems different – it runs on rules, often rather strange ones. Science is our way of finding out what those rules are. The appeal of Discworld is that it mostly makes sense, in a way that particle physics doesn't.		In the fantasy universe of the phenomenally best-selling Discworld series, everything runs on magic and common sense. The world is flat and [[million-to-one chance\|million-to-one chances]] happen nine times out of ten. Our world seems different – it runs on rules, often rather strange ones. Science is our way of finding out what those rules are. The appeal of Discworld is that it mostly makes sense, in a way that particle physics doesn't.

Old Dickens at 03:25, 4 October 2015

2015-10-04T03:25:03Z

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Old Dickens at 03:01, 4 October 2015

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Old Dickens: de-stub

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Osiris: 1 revision: Book Namespace

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Zdm at 01:24, 7 September 2011

2011-09-07T01:24:36Z

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==Blurb==
In the fantasy universe of the phenomenally best-selling Discworld series, everything runs on magic and common sense. The world is flat and [[million-to-one chance|million-to-one chances]] happen nine times out of ten. Our world seems different – it runs on rules, often rather strange ones. Science is our way of finding out what those rules are. The appeal of Discworld is that it mostly makes sense, in a way that particle physics doesn't.

''The Science of Discworld'' uses the magic of Discworld to illuminate the scientific rules that govern ''our'' world. When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic.

Roundworld is, of course, our own universe. With us inside it (eventually). Guided (if that's the word) by the wizards, we follow the story from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the Internet and beyond. We discover how puny and insignificant lives are against a cosmic backdrop of creation and disaster. Yet, paradoxically, we see how the richness of a universe based on rules has led to a complex world and at least one species that tried to get a grip on what was going on...

==Major Characters==
*[[Wizards]]
**[[Ponder Stibbons]]
**[[Hex]]
**The [[Bursar]]
**[[Ridcully]]
**[[Rincewind]]
***[[The Luggage]]

==Minor Characters==
*[[Adrian Turnipseed]]

==Locations==
*[[Unseen University]]
**[[High Energy Magic Building]]
*[[Roundworld]]
*[[Loko]] (Mentioned)

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[[Category:Rincewind Series|Science of Discworld I, The]]
[[Category:Science books|Science of Discworld I, The]]
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