Unweaving the rainbow

science, delusion and the appetite for wonder

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Richard Dawkins: Unweaving the rainbow (Hardcover, 2006, Penguin)

xv, 336 p. ; 20 cm

English language

Published 2006 by Penguin.

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A dazzling, passionate polemic against anti-science movements of all kinds. Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours. In this illuminating and provocative book, Richard Dawkins argues that Keats could not have been more mistaken.

3 editions

Subjects

  • biologia
  • evoluutio
  • luonnontieteet
  • tieteellinen tieto
  • tieteellinen ajattelu
  • maailmankuva
  • maailmankatsomus
  • skeptisismi