SCIENCE OF DISCWORLD 2 THE GLOBE

THE ACCLAIMED SCIENCE OF DISCWORLD CENTRED AROUND AN ORIGINAL PRATCHETT STORY ABOUT THE WIZARDS OF DISCWORLD. IN IT THEY ACCIDENTALLY WITNESSED THE CREATION AND EVOLUTION OF OUR UNIVERSE, A PLOT WHICH WAS INTERLEAVED WITH A COHEN & STEWART NON-FICTION NARRATIVE ABOUT BIG SCIENCE. IN THE SCIENCE OF DISCWORLD II OUR AUTHORS JOIN FORCES AGAIN TO SEE JUST WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WIZARDS MEDDLE WITH HISTORY IN A BATTLE AGAINST THE ELVES FOR THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY ON EARTH. LONDON IS REPLACED BY A DOZY NEANDERTHAL VILLAGE. THE RENAISSANCE IS GIVEN A PUSH. THE ROLE OF FAT WOMEN IN ART IS DEVELOPED. AND ONE VERY FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT GETS BORN AND WRITES THE PLAY. WEAVING TOGETHER A FAST-PACED DISCWORLD NOVELETTE WITH CUTTING-EDGE SCIENTIFIC COMMENTARY ON THE EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN MIND, CULTURE, LANGUAGE, ART, AND SCIENCE, THIS IS A BOOK IN WHICH 'THE HARD SCIENCE IS AS GRIPPING AS THE FICTION'. (THE TIMES)