The Science of Discworld

Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Sidney Cohen

Ebury, 2002 - Science - 416 pages

When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld. The Universe, of course, is our own. And, Roundworld is Earth. As the wizards watch their accidental creation grow, we follow the story of our universe from the singularity of the Big Bang to the Internet.

About the author

SIR TERRY PRATCHETT is the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, "The Colour of Magic, " was published in 1983. In all, he is the author of fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he is the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Science of Discworld; Discworld (Non fiction), Terry Pratchett; Discworld series, Terry Pratchett; Volume 1 of Science of Discworld
• Authors: Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Sidney Cohen
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Ebury, 2002
• ISBN: 0091886570, 9780091886578
• Length: 416 pages
• Subjects: Science / General; Science / Space Science / Astronomy