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The Science Of Discworld IV: Judgement Day (2013)

by Terry Pratchett(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0091949793 (ISBN13: 9780091949792)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Ebury Press

series

Science of Discworld

review 1: Unlike the first three Science of Discworld books, this seems to have more to say about what science is, rather than giving examples of scientific observations, theories, refutations and current laws. Thus it's more the Philosophy of Science of Discworld, which does not lessen the book, to my mind. The Discworld snippets form a short story with several key Discworld elements present: the wizards, and wizzard, Vetinari, the Omnians, including Pastor Oats, and members of the Watch.
review 2: The same format as the other three Science of Discworld books, but sadly by the fourth it's getting a little tired. The Discworld chapters have lost a bit of their charm, with few terribly exciting moments, and the science chapters frequently repeat material covered in the pr... moreevious books, with the Pan Narrans comments starting to grate a little. That said, there is some new content which continues to be nicely explained - the section towards the end with the rod and knife balancing in particular was well done. There are probably better Popular Science books out there, but if you're a solid Pratchett, Cohen or Stewart fan it's certainly worth a look. less

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