arrived (with dropper) a new (so to speak) Pratchett book in the library: the Science of Discworld. not a book of the series main (in fact I was expecting the next one to be translated was smaller - Small Gods), but is part of series of books in secondary theme of "science." Strange that the Puffin has chosen this, because of the Discworld books to be translated exist in abundance.
soon as I have a bit of time and find a space between the tons of books that are gathering dust in my room I will take and will let you know how it is.
... hoping that this time we are all pages, and do not touch me translate those missing: @
Invisible University is just an experiment went wrong and now the wizards are found to spy on a spherical planet in the cosmos with a center (they call the World Round the matter because there seems to accumulate in balls rather than flat discs governed by turtles): a wonderful place oddly neither magic nor common sense seem to have a chance against logic. That planet, of course, is ours. It is the Earth Round the World. And while the Wizards look to evolve, we follow the history of our universe. With the help of two great scientists Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen (a mathematician and a biologist specializing in Reproduction and Embryology), Pratchett creates a fantasy book where the plot set in Discworld alternate scientific part written with vivacity and lightness but profound accuracy. And once you have seen the Earth from the perspective of Discworld, nothing will seem the same again ...
"On Discworld science does not exist as such. So we've got it made. Through the magic of the wizards of Discworld are encouraged to create a branch of science of their own, a sort of 'pocket universe 'where the magic does not work, but the rules. Then, as they learn to understand how the rules can make interesting things happen (Rocks, bacteria, civilization) we observe them look ... us. It 'a kind of recursive thought experiment, or one of those Russian dolls that contain smaller but larger. And then we found ... Ah, but this is a ' another story. "
"On Discworld science does not exist as such. So we've got it made. Through the magic of the wizards of Discworld are encouraged to create a branch of science of their own, a sort of 'pocket universe 'where the magic does not work, but the rules. Then, as they learn to understand how the rules can make interesting things happen (Rocks, bacteria, civilization) we observe them look ... us. It 'a kind of recursive thought experiment, or one of those Russian dolls that contain smaller but larger. And then we found ... Ah, but this is a ' another story. "
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