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''The Science of Discworld'', by [[Terry Pratchett]], Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, is one half [[Discworld]] novel, in which the wizards accidentally create a universe without magic and are fascinated by the way it develops its own rules in the absence of [[Narrative Causality]], and one half popular science text, as Stewart and Cohen explain how the Roundworld Project (i.e., our universe) actually works.▼
▲'''''The Science of Discworld''''', by [[Terry Pratchett]], Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, is one half [[Discworld]] novel, in which the wizards accidentally create a universe without magic and are fascinated by the way it develops its own rules in the absence of [[Narrative Causality]], and one half popular science text, as Stewart and Cohen explain how the Roundworld Project (i.e., our universe) actually works.
It was followed by two sequels: ''The Science of Discworld II: The Globe'', in which the wizards must stop [[The Fair Folk]] preying on the superstitious folk of Elizabethan Roundworld, while Stewart and Cohen talk about the nature of storytelling and belief, and ''The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch'', in which the wizards stop the God of Evolution from seriously confusing [[Charles Darwin]], while Stewart and Cohen discuss his theory in more detail than they had to spare in the first book.▼
▲It was followed by
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* [[Lies to Children]]
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* [[Alternate History]]: several in the later books, all of them ending with {{spoiler|humanity failing to invent the [[Space Elevator]] before it's Giant Snowball Time}}.
* [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]]: [[Shakespeare]] and [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]], amongst others, are greatly influenced by the wizards.
* [[Bigger Is Better]]: The Lecturer in Recent Runes' attitude to creating life that will withstand Roundworld's regular cataclysms - it's a limpet with a base a mile across, that ''eats whales''.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Roundworld itself, as Rincewind and Twoflower briefly travel there in ''[[
* [[Exact Words]]: What are the chances of Ponder's thaum-splitting magical reactor "just blowin' up and destroyin' the entire university?" None at all. If it goes up, it won't just blow up the university - it'll destroy the entire Discworld.
* [[The Fair Folk]]: In volume 2.
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* [[Mage in Manhattan]]
* [[Magic Versus Science]]: The Roundworld Project's original intention was to create a place where magic could not exist, which was thought to be impossible.
* [[Magitek]]: Hex of course, and the Thaumic Engine is the magical equivalent of a nuclear reactor (going back to Pratchett's roots, as he made many similar comparisons in ''[[
* [[Measuring the Marigolds]]: Averted in the science parts of the books.
* [[No Export for You]]: Not sold at most American bookstores, no matter how many other Discworld books they sell. It ''is'' exported to other countries like Canada, though.
* [[Noodle Implements]]: While preparing for Shakespeare to write ''[[A Midsummer
* [[No Name Given]]: Reaches its climax here, with the wizards even naming elements things like "Runium" and "Wranglium" after their titles rather than their actual (unknown) names.
* [[Oh Crap]]: "Loko...isn't that where there's that big deep perfectly circular valley surrounded by a ring of mountains, full of magically mutated creatures?"
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