Unweaving the Rainbow This pleasure was not in spite of, but rather because he does not assume as cause the inexplicable actions of a deity but rather the understandable laws of nature. His starting point is John Keats' well-known, light-hearted accusation that Isaac Newton destroyed the poetry of the rainbow by 'reducing it to the prismatic colours.' Dawkins's agenda is to show the reader that science does not destroy, but rather discovers poetry in the patterns of nature. It is of little concern whether or not science can prove that the ultimate fate of the cosmos lacks purpose: we live our lives regardless
New Scientist New Scientist", with Issue 1 on 22 November, priced one shilling (£0.05 as 20 shillings in the £; £ today). The British monthly science magazine "Science Journal", published 1965–71, was merged with "New Scientist" to form "New Scientist and Science Journal". Originally, the cover of "New Scientist" listed articles in plain text. Initially, page numbering followed academic practice with sequential numbering for each quarterly volume. So, for example, the first page of an issue in March could be 649 instead of 1. Later issues numbered issues separately. From the beginning of 1961 ""The"" was dropped from the title. From 1965,