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‘This is a history of intellectual courage, hard work, occasional inspiration and every conceivable form of human failing. It is also an extended invitation to wonder, to pleasure’

How far have we come in our understanding of the world around us? In this eye-opening collection, Ian McEwan looks back at the history of scientific discovery from Darwin to Dawkins as well as exploring, with brilliant originality, what a future with AI and climate change could hold for us.

Selected from Solar, Enduring Love, Machines Like Me

VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.

A series of short books by the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human

Also in the Vintage Minis 'Great Ideas' series:
Religion by Karen Armstrong
Art by Simon Schama



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Science: Vintage Minis

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 3 October 2019
      ISBN-13 9781784875688
      978-1784875688
      ISBN-10 1784875686
      Also in:
      Science & Nature History of science Books by Ian McEwan

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ‘This is a history of intellectual courage, hard work, occasional inspiration and every conceivable form of human failing. It is also an extended invitation to wonder, to pleasure’

      How far have we come in our understanding of the world around us? In this eye-opening collection, Ian McEwan looks back at the history of scientific discovery from Darwin to Dawkins as well as exploring, with brilliant originality, what a future with AI and climate change could hold for us.

      Selected from Solar, Enduring Love, Machines Like Me

      VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.

      A series of short books by the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human

      Also in the Vintage Minis 'Great Ideas' series:
      Religion by Karen Armstrong
      Art by Simon Schama



      Trade Review
      They look good and read well. That’s win/win in our book * Stylist *
      Literature for the Twitter generation * Big Issue *

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