[ExI] Dawkins last book (was: pussy riot case)

[Stefano Vaj]

On 21 August 2012 14:54, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Stefano Vaj wrote:
> > I happen to have just finished his last book, The Magic of Reality.
> >
> > Big a fan as a I am, I must say that I was a little disappointed, because
> > the book goes much in the direction of popularisation of contemporary
> > scientific worldviews, and takes the pain of explaining concepts that
> are,
> > or should, be familiar to anybody with a high-school diploma.
>
> Dawkins says that the book is aimed at children around the age of 12
> and upwards to young adults.
>

Yes. And of course if you are older and not an educator, you may find it a
little bland... :-)

My question remains: is a teenager who is not familiar with the concepts
explained in the book likely to read scientific popularisation books at all?

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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