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The Science of Discworld IV

Judgement Day: It's Wizards vs Priets in a Battle for the Future of Roundworld

The Science of Discworld IV( )
Author: Pratchett, Terry
Stewart, Ian
Cohen, Jack
Series title:The Science of Discworld Ser.
ISBN:978-0-09-194979-2
Publication Date:Apr 2013
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Imprint:Ebury Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $42.99
Book Description:

A brilliant new Discworld story from Terry Pratchett. The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with THE REALLY BIG QUESTIONS, Terry Pratchett's brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen, to bring you a mind-mangling combination of fiction, cutting-edge science and philosophy. Marjorie...
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Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):16.205 x 24.13 x 3.124 cm
Book Weight:0.591 Kilograms
Author Biography
Pratchett, Terry (Author)
Terry Pratchett was on born April 28, 1948 in Beaconsfield, United Kingdom. He left school at the age of 17 to work on his local paper, the Bucks Free Press. While with the Press, he took the National Council for the Training of Journalists proficiency class. He also worked for the Western Daily Press and the Bath Chronicle. He produced a series of cartoons for the monthly journal, Psychic Researcher, describing the goings-on at the government's fictional paranormal research establishment, Warlock Hall. In 1980, he was appointed publicity officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board with responsibility for three nuclear power stations.

His first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. His first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. He became a full-time author in 1987. He wrote more than 70 books during his lifetime including The Dark Side of the Sun, Strata, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort, Sourcery, Truckers, Diggers, Wings, Dodger, Raising Steam, Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Tales, and The Shephard's Crown. He was diagnosis with early onset Alzheimer's disease in 2007. He was knighted for services to literature in 2009 and received the World Fantasy award for life achievement in 2010. He died on March 12, 2015 at the age of 66.

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