THE SCIENCE OF DISCWORLD III: DARWIN'S WATCH.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£17.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Paul Kidby,illustrated dw/dj with gilt,brown+black lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - one tiny snick and rubbing to top,front corner of dw/dj - no other nicks or tears present.Some inevitable but minor,negligible and superficial scoring/indents to front panel of dw/dj - without effect to bd beneath,similar scoring/indents to rear dw/dj's rear panel - only affecting the bd beneath in a single concomitant spot.Top+fore- edges though lightly toned,generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine apart from a production fault (?) of multiple (4) diagonal creases to top corner of penultimate page [pp341/2] - no other intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,else appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white eps.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-344pp [paginated] includes a preamble,25 chapters - each with a b/w line illumination illustration by Paul+ Sandra Kidby,an Afterthought,an index,plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages,epigrams/fictional quotes,and a contents list/table.
Described hard but fairly and honestly - it's only the few identified detractions that prevent it's listing as FINE/FINE. In 'Darwin's Watch.',Terry Pratchett,Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen weave together a brand new fast-paced Discworld novelette with cutting-edge scientific commentary. The result is fascinating and highly entertaining.And tells the story of the evolution of evolution as it has never been told before. . .
Roundworld is in trouble again,and this time it looks fatal.Having created it in the first place,the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to rid the planet of a plague of elves,who attempted to divert humanity onto a different time track.
But now it's all gone wrong again - Victorian England has stagnated and the pace of progress has slowed right down.Unless something drastic is done,there won't be time for anyone to invent spaceflight and the human race will be just another layer in the bedrock.
Why,though,did history come adrift? Was it Sir Arthur J Nightingale's dismal book about natural selection? Or was it Mr Charles Darwin,whose bestselling 'Theology of Species' made it impossible to refute the divine design of living creatures? Either way,its no easy task to change history back,as the wizards discover to their cost. He's got to write a different book.And who stopped him writing it in the first place? What went wrong? The answers to these and many other questions lie within 'Darwin's Watch.' where yet again,Terry Pratchett,Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen have created a winning combination of science and compelling Discworld fiction. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!
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