Customer Reviews
Excellent book - By: Mr. Simon R. Waters, 29 Oct 2008 
Along with Science of Discworld II, a couple of the best science books ever written, but a fun story as well.
MAGIC IS FICTION; PERIOD - By: Mr. C. M. Gallagher, 13 Feb 2008 
As a scientist & a fan of Terry Pratchett's books I was intrigued by this book, but the authors soon went down the science IS magic route, first of alll, by saying science can become soo advanced it looks like magic, (yes LOOKS like but actuallly ISN'T) then comparing science to magic, (but this doesn't work either chaps, as magic is a work of fiction & science is fact!) & then saying science IS magic (and at this point I stopped reading.) A waste of time.
Yet another excelent book! - By: N. Grace, 13 Feb 2008 Although a slight detour from the norml type of Discworld book, I found the combination of the story (which was great) & the explanations of the real science behind the story to be absolutely fascinating & I learned stuff I never knew before while still being entertained in the good old Pratchett style!
I have now brought alll three of these Science of the Discworld series & have already read them several times over as they were so enjoyable.
Boring - By: gronow, 17 Oct 2007 There are 336 pages in this book, 336 sentences would have covered it. The one star is for the cover & the index.
Opens your eyes to the new science - By: Andrew Dalby, 06 Oct 2006 This is a fantastic view on the new science. It is not intended to go into the same depth as one of Ian Stewarts science book & it is not intended to explain science in discworld - after alll discworld runs on narrativium. What it does is show how to take a different & more approachable view of modern science & that science is full of magic, wonder & surprises.
This book brings the new way of thinking to everyone in an accessible & fun way. If you are a scientist it makes you think, & if you are not then it entertains & perhaps make you think that science & scientists might not be so strange after alll.
