The Science of Discworld - Revision history

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	\| 2023-02-28 \|\| {{MYF}} \|\| “Pettier, and Full of Academics” (2/2) \|\| [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/02/27/107-the-science-of-discworld-pt-2-pettier-and-full-of-academics/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]		\| 2023-02-28 \|\| {{MYF}} \|\| “Pettier, and Full of Academics” (2/2) \|\| [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/02/27/107-the-science-of-discworld-pt-2-pettier-and-full-of-academics/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
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	\| 2025-02-01 \|\| ''[https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rudolph-kohn The Wordy Pair]'' \|\| “Adventures in Roundworld! -or- "Throat Shenanigans"”<ref>The hosts say there are "five of them", but there are only four ''Science of Discworld'' books. They might be ~~referring to~~ {{FOD}} as a fifth.</ref> \|\| [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rudolph-kohn/episodes/Adventures-in-Roundworld---or--Throat-Shenanigans-e2u7bfh spotify.com]		\| 2025-02-01 \|\| ''[https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rudolph-kohn The Wordy Pair]'' \|\| “Adventures in Roundworld! -or- "Throat Shenanigans"”<ref>The hosts say there are "five of them", but there are only four ''Science of Discworld'' books. They might be thinking as {{FOD}} as a fifth.</ref> \|\| [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rudolph-kohn/episodes/Adventures-in-Roundworld---or--Throat-Shenanigans-e2u7bfh spotify.com]
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Ben: /* Major appearances */

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Major appearances

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			\| 2025-02-01 \|\| ''[https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rudolph-kohn The Wordy Pair]'' \|\| “Adventures in Roundworld! -or- "Throat Shenanigans"”<ref>The hosts say there are "five of them", but there are only four ''Science of Discworld'' books. They might be referring to {{FOD}} as a fifth.</ref> \|\| [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rudolph-kohn/episodes/Adventures-in-Roundworld---or--Throat-Shenanigans-e2u7bfh spotify.com]
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Ben: Added introduction

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	\| author = [[Terry Pratchett]], [[Ian Stewart]] & [[Jack Cohen]]		\| author = [[Terry Pratchett]], [[Ian Stewart]] & [[Jack Cohen]]
	\| audio_read_by = [[Michael Fenton Stevens]] (science chapters)~~<br/>~~[[Stephen Briggs]] (fiction chapters)		\| audio_read_by = [[Michael Fenton Stevens]] (science chapters) & [[Stephen Briggs]] (fiction chapters)
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			{{SOD}} is the first “Science of Discworld” book. It alternates between fiction chapters by Terry Pratchett and nonfiction chapters by [[Ian Stewart]] & [[Jack Cohen]]. In the fiction, the [[wizards]] of Unseen University create “Roundworld”, a universe in a bottle that resembles our own, and try to work out how it works without any magic. In the nonfiction chapters, Stewart and Cohen give explanations of the real “Roundworld” science that explains things like gravity, the origin of the universe and life on Earth.

			A revised edition was released in 2002 alongside {{SOD2}}, updating some of the science and introducing two new nonfiction chapters; room was made for them by splitting two of the original fiction chapters in half.
	== Blurb ==		== Blurb ==
	In the fantasy universe of the phenomenally best-selling Discworld series, everything runs on magic and common sense. The world is flat and million-to-one chances happen nine times out of ten. Our world seems different – it runs on rules, often rather strange ones. Science is our way of finding out what those rules are. The appeal of Discworld is that it mostly makes sense, in a way that particle physics doesn't.		In the fantasy universe of the phenomenally best-selling Discworld series, everything runs on magic and common sense. The world is flat and million-to-one chances happen nine times out of ten. Our world seems different – it runs on rules, often rather strange ones. Science is our way of finding out what those rules are. The appeal of Discworld is that it mostly makes sense, in a way that particle physics doesn't.

Ben: /* Other appearances */ Fixed end of table

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	\| 2023-06-01 \|\| ''[https://intergalactiques.net/ Les Intergalactiques]'' \|\| “Science et magie : la logique du surnaturel”<ref>This is the podcast of the French science fiction festival ''Les Intergalactiques'', and this episode (“Science and Magic: the logic of the supernatural”) discusses with four authors the trend in fantasy to have a more logical, scientific kind of “magic”. It uses ''The Science of Discworld'' as a touchstone, since Pratchett’s work seems like a deliberate meshing of science and magic.</ref> \|\| [https://intergalactiques.net/science-et-magie-la-logique-du-surnaturel/ intergalactiques.net]		\| 2023-06-01 \|\| ''[https://intergalactiques.net/ Les Intergalactiques]'' \|\| “Science et magie : la logique du surnaturel”<ref>This is the podcast of the French science fiction festival ''Les Intergalactiques'', and this episode (“Science and Magic: the logic of the supernatural”) discusses with four authors the trend in fantasy to have a more logical, scientific kind of “magic”. It uses ''The Science of Discworld'' as a touchstone, since Pratchett’s work seems like a deliberate meshing of science and magic.</ref> \|\| [https://intergalactiques.net/science-et-magie-la-logique-du-surnaturel/ intergalactiques.net]
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	== External links ==		== External links ==

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	=== Other appearances ===		=== Other appearances ===
	''~~To be added~~.''		These are episodes with significant discussion of the book, but which are about something broader.

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			\| 2023-06-01 \|\| ''[https://intergalactiques.net/ Les Intergalactiques]'' \|\| “Science et magie : la logique du surnaturel”<ref>This is the podcast of the French science fiction festival ''Les Intergalactiques'', and this episode (“Science and Magic: the logic of the supernatural”) discusses with four authors the trend in fantasy to have a more logical, scientific kind of “magic”. It uses ''The Science of Discworld'' as a touchstone, since Pratchett’s work seems like a deliberate meshing of science and magic.</ref> \|\| [https://intergalactiques.net/science-et-magie-la-logique-du-surnaturel/ intergalactiques.net]

	== External links ==		== External links ==

Ben: /* Major appearances */ Corrected total number of MYF episodes

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Major appearances: Corrected total number of MYF episodes

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	\| 2020-09-08 \|\| {{PC}} \|\| “Great Balls of Physics” \|\| [https://pratchatpodcast.com/2020/09/08/pratchat35-great-balls-of-physics/ pratchatpodcast.com]		\| 2020-09-08 \|\| {{PC}} \|\| “Great Balls of Physics” \|\| [https://pratchatpodcast.com/2020/09/08/pratchat35-great-balls-of-physics/ pratchatpodcast.com]
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	\| 2023-02-20 \|\| {{MYF}} \|\| “Dynamically Dominant” (1/?) \|\| [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/02/20/106-the-science-of-discworld-pt-1-dynamically-dominant/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]		\| 2023-02-20 \|\| {{MYF}} \|\| “Dynamically Dominant” (1/2) \|\| [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/02/20/106-the-science-of-discworld-pt-1-dynamically-dominant/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
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	\| 2023-02-28 \|\| {{MYF}} \|\| “Pettier, and Full of Academics” (2/?) \|\| [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/02/27/107-the-science-of-discworld-pt-2-pettier-and-full-of-academics/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]		\| 2023-02-28 \|\| {{MYF}} \|\| “Pettier, and Full of Academics” (2/2) \|\| [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/02/27/107-the-science-of-discworld-pt-2-pettier-and-full-of-academics/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
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	\| 2023-02-20 \|\| {{MYF}} \|\| “Dynamically Dominant” (1/?) \|\| [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/02/20/106-the-science-of-discworld-pt-1-dynamically-dominant/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]		\| 2023-02-20 \|\| {{MYF}} \|\| “Dynamically Dominant” (1/?) \|\| [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/02/20/106-the-science-of-discworld-pt-1-dynamically-dominant/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
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	\| 2023-02-28 \|\| {{MYF}} \|\| ~~“ Pettier~~, and Full of Academics” (2/?) \|\| [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/02/27/107-the-science-of-discworld-pt-2-pettier-and-full-of-academics/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]		\| 2023-02-28 \|\| {{MYF}} \|\| “Pettier, and Full of Academics” (2/?) \|\| [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/02/27/107-the-science-of-discworld-pt-2-pettier-and-full-of-academics/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
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Ben: /* Major appearances */ Added second TTSMYF episode

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Ben: /* Blurb */ Added blurb

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	== Blurb ==		== Blurb ==
			In the fantasy universe of the phenomenally best-selling Discworld series, everything runs on magic and common sense. The world is flat and million-to-one chances happen nine times out of ten. Our world seems different – it runs on rules, often rather strange ones. Science is our way of finding out what those rules are. The appeal of Discworld is that it mostly makes sense, in a way that particle physics doesn't.

			''The Science of Discworld'' uses the magic of Discworld to illuminate the scientific rules that govern our world. When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic.

			Roundworld is, of course, our own universe. With us inside it (eventually). Guided (if that's the word) by the wizards, we follow the story from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the Internet and beyond. We discover how puny and insignificant lives are against a cosmic backdrop of creation and disaster. Yet, paradoxically, we see how the richness of a universe based on rules has led to a complex world and at least one species that tried to get a grip on what was going on...

	== Podcast episodes ==		== Podcast episodes ==

Ben: /* Major appearances */

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	\| 2020-09-08 \|\| {{PC}} \|\| ~~"[[Great~~ Balls of ~~Physics]]"~~ \|\| [https://pratchatpodcast.com/2020/09/08/pratchat35-great-balls-of-physics/ pratchatpodcast.com]		\| 2020-09-08 \|\| {{PC}} \|\| “Great Balls of Physics” \|\| [https://pratchatpodcast.com/2020/09/08/pratchat35-great-balls-of-physics/ pratchatpodcast.com]
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	\| 2023-02-20 \|\| {{MYF}} \|\| “Dynamically Dominant” (1/?) \|\| [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/02/20/106-the-science-of-discworld-pt-1-dynamically-dominant/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]		\| 2023-02-20 \|\| {{MYF}} \|\| “Dynamically Dominant” (1/?) \|\| [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/02/20/106-the-science-of-discworld-pt-1-dynamically-dominant/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]