The Science of Discworld
Iâve just finished reading âThe Science of Discworldâ by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen. The book alternates chapters based in Discworld, where Ponder Stibbons has created a miniature cosmos called âRoundworld”, and chapters in which the science of our own world (from the Big Bang to the present day) is explained. I have a confession to make. Iâm a biologist, but I donât really like reading popular science books for fun, or indeed any non-fiction. Call me mad, but after a long day at work doing science1, the last thing I want to do of an evening is read more about it: give me fiction, and the more escapist, the better. So I approached this book with the secret, guilty intention of quietly skipping over the science chapters.
