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1、RICHARDDAWKINS-UNWEAVINGTHERAINBOWSCIENCE,DELUSIONANDTHEAPPETITEFORWONDER.'Theproductofabeguilingandfascinatingmindandonegenerousenoughtoattempttoincludeallwillingreadersinitsbrilliantlyinformedenthusiasm'MELVYNBRAGG,OBSERVERKeatsaccusedNewtonofdestroyingthepoetryoftherainbowbyexplaining
2、theoriginofitscolours,thusdispellingitsmystery.Inthisilluminatingandprovocativebook,RichardDawkinsarguesthatKeatscouldnothavebeenmoremistakenandshowshowanunderstandingofscienceinspiresthehumanimaginationandenhancesourwonderoftheworld.'Abrilliantassertionofthewonderandexcitementofreal,tou
3、gh,grown-upscience'A.S.BYATT,DAILYTELEGRAPH,BOOKSOFTHEYEAR'ThewayDawkinswritesaboutscienceisnotjustabrain-tonic.Itismorelikeanextendedstayonabrainhealth-farm...Youcomeoutfeelinglean,tunedandenormouslymoreintelligent'JOHNCAREY,SUNDAYTIMES'ForDawkinsthereismorepoetry,notless,intherainbow-b
4、ecauseofNewton,..Warmingtohistheme,heweavesrainbowsofwonderfromotherprovincesofscience...andthenunleasheshisfuryonthosewhoaccusescientistslikehimofbeingunimaginativefornotbelievinginhoroscopes,telepathy,ghostsandgods'MATTRIDLEY,SUNDAYTELEGRAPH'Beautifullywrittenandfullofinteresting,origi
5、nalideas.Essentialreading,forthosewhocareaboutscience'LEWISWOLPERT,THETIMESPREFACEAforeignpublisherofmyfirstbookconfessedthathecouldnotsleepforthreenightsafterreadingit,sotroubledwashebywhathesawasitscold,bleakmessage.OthershaveaskedmehowIcanbeartogetupinthemornings.Ateacherfromadistantc
6、ountrywrotetomereproachfullythatapupilhadcometohimintearsafterreadingthesamebook,becauseithadpersuadedherthatlifewasemptyandpurposeless.Headvisedhernottoshowthebooktoanyofherfriends,forfearofcontaminatingthemwiththesamenihilisticpessimism.Similaraccusationsofbarrendesolation,ofpromotinga
7、naridandjoylessmessage,arefrequentlyflungatscienceingeneral,anditiseasyforscientiststoplayuptothem.MycolleaguePeterAtkinsbeginshisbookTheSecondLaw(1984)inthisvein:Wearethechildrenofchaos,andthedeepstructureofchangeisdecay.Atroot,thereisonlycorruption,andtheunstemmabletide
