- When and how did everything begin?
- What is a miracle?
- What is the sun?
- Why do bad things happen?
Throughout history people all over the world have invented stories to answer profound questions such as these. Have you heard the tale of how the sun hatched out of an emu’s egg? Or what about the great catfish that carries the world on its back? These fantastical myths are fun – but what is the real answer to such questions?
In this fully interactive, groundbreaking app, Richard Dawkins presents the real story of the world around us, taking you on an enthralling journey through scientific reality, and showing that it has an awe-inspiring beauty and thrilling magic which far exceed those of the ancient myths.
In The Magic of Reality for iPad, Richard Dawkins and Dave McKean have created a dazzling celebration of our planet that will inspire and amaze people of all ages.
Introduction to The Magic of Reality
The ultimate digital book experience from one of the world’s greatest scientists.
KEY FEATURES
- Navigate seamlessly through Richard Dawkins’ enlightening and informative descriptions with a unique layout and interface designed specifically for the iPad
- Enjoy over 250 original illustrations from world-renowned artist Dave McKean
- Watch images leap from the screen with more than 100 stunning animations
- Listen to exclusive audio and watch original video of Richard Dawkins
- Play with interactive demonstrations and games that bring science to life:
- Create your own rainbows using prisms and light
- Journey through space to understand the vastness of our universe
- Add heat, pressure and tilt your iPad to see what happens to different states of matter
- Travel back in time to find out what your ancient ancestors looked like
- Start a new species by blowing Iguanas across the ocean
- Fire Newton’s cannon around the Earth
- And more!
The Magic of Reality
is also available as a beautiful
hardback book and as an
audiobook
read by Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward.
THE MAGIC OF REALITY FOR iPAD WINS PUBLISHING INNOVATION AWARD
We are thrilled to announce that the ground-breaking app of Richard Dawkins’ and Dave McKean’s The Magic of Reality for iPad won the Publishing Innovation Award for best non-fiction book app at the 2012 Digital Book World Conference in New York.
It is the mission of the PIAs "to highlight excellent publishers and authors, encourage new thinking and improve the reading experience in the digital age". There was intense competition for this award with hundreds of entries from publishers around the world – so winning in this hotly-contested category is a tremendous achievement.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Richard Dawkins first catapulted to fame with his iconic book The Selfish Gene, which he followed with a string of bestselling books, including the phenomenal The God Delusion. His most recent work, The Greatest Show on Earth, was a number-one bestseller. Dawkins is a fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature, and has won numerous awards. He was a professor at Oxford University until 2008 and he remains a fellow of New College. He has also written and presented several television documentaries, including The Genius of Charles Darwin in 2008 and Faith School Menace in 2010.
Dave McKean has illustrated and designed many award-winning books and graphic novels by Ray Bradbury, S.F. Said, David Almond, Heston Blumenthal, John Cale, Stephen King and Neil Gaiman, for whom he illustrated Coraline and The Graveyard Book, which won the Newbery and Carnegie Medal. His self-penned Cages received many awards for best graphic novel. He has created hundreds of album, comic and book covers, and has designed characters for two of the Harry Potter films. He has also directed two feature films, MirrorMask and Luna.