{"description": "In the course of an exciting experiment, the wizards of Discworld have accidentally created a new universe. Within this universe is a planet that they name Roundworld. Roundworld is, of course, Earth, and the universe is our own. As the wizards watch their creation grow, Terry Pratchett and acclaimed science writers Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen use Discworld to examine science from the outside. Interwoven with the Pratchett's original story are entertaining, enlightening chapters which explain key scientific principles such as the Big Bang theory and the evolution of life on earth, as well as great moments in the history of science.", "full_title": "The science of Discworld", "key": "/books/OL27160227M", "authors": [{"key": "/authors/OL25712A"}], "contributions": ["Stewart, Ian, 1945- author", "Cohen, Jack, author"], "subjects": ["Fiction", "Wizards", "Discworld (Imaginary place)", "Elves", "Scientists"], "languages": [{"key": "/languages/eng"}], "pagination": "414 pages", "source_records": ["marc:marc_openlibraries_sanfranciscopubliclibrary/sfpl_chq_2018_12_24_run05.mrc:52119652:4311", "ia:scienceofdiscwor0000prat_k8b2", "bwb:9780804168946", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-03-17", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-08-24"], "title": "The science of Discworld", "notes": "Includes index.", "number_of_pages": 414, "edition_name": "First Anchor Books edition.", "local_id": ["urn:sfpl:31223123566342", "urn:sfpl:31223107048754", "urn:sfpl:31223123566375", "urn:sfpl:31223107048770", "urn:sfpl:31223107048788", "urn:sfpl:31223107048739", "urn:sfpl:31223123566367", "urn:sfpl:31223123566359", "urn:sfpl:31223123566326", "urn:sfpl:31223123566334", "urn:sfpl:31223107048762", "urn:bwbsku:T2-BER-546", "urn:bwbsku:P7-AGD-253"], "publish_date": "2014", "publish_country": "nyu", "by_statement": "Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, and Jack Cohen", "works": [{"key": "/works/OL453947W"}], "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "covers": [13710912], "identifiers": {}, "ocaid": "scienceofdiscwor0000prat_k8b2", "isbn_10": ["0804168946"], "isbn_13": ["9780804168946"], "lccn": ["2014007163"], "oclc_numbers": ["874901630"], "classifications": {}, "dewey_decimal_class": ["823/.914"], "lc_classifications": ["PR6066.R34 S29 2014", "PR6066.R34S29 2014"], "publishers": ["Anchor Books"], "latest_revision": 10, "revision": 10, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2019-07-18T12:37:33.110053"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2024-07-19T08:58:18.446521"}}