The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.72 (614 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004AYCWY4 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Marvelous Mal said Best Defense of Evolution. Dawkins is one of the world's best Science writers; clear, thorough, and witty. Too bad he feels obligated to make irrelevant, uninformed political jabs in his books.For example, Dawkins rightly condemns Hitler and those of his ilk for attempts at Artificial Selection. Dawkins finds Natural Selection to be superior. Surprisingly, Dawkins has no criticism of modern governments that waste billions o. The Only Game in Town Amazon Customer A marvelous read in which Dawkins, as only he can, methodically and logically displays the truth and power of Darwin's revolutionary discovery to a degree of certainty that no reasonable reader can deny. The main aim of this book is not to destroy beliefs and to tarnish tradition (although I think Richard wouldn't mind if that happened, too), but to show the wonderful truth that a simple and elega. Great book for summarizing the evidence for evolution Great book for summarizing the evidence for evolution. Dawkins is a little biased when it come to theism, but that should not prevent anyone from appreciating the facts presented. Evolution is clearly a fact as pointed out by Dawkins.
In fact, they actively abhorred the idea, since it seemed to contradict the Bible and diminish the role of God. All of which raises the point: who, exactly, is supposed to read this book? Is Dawkins preaching to the choir or trying to convert the uninformed? While The Greatest Show on Earth might fail as a work of persuasive rhetoric—Dawkins is too angry and acerbic to convince his opponents—it succeeds as an encyclopedic summary of evolutionary biology. He repeatedly compares creationists and Holocaust deniers, which is a peculiar way of reaching out to the other side. It doesn't matter if he's spinning metaphors for the fossil record (like a spy camera in a murder trial) or deftly explaining the method by which scientists measure the genetic difference between distinct species: he has a way of making the drollest details feel like a revelation. 29)J
He revolutionized the way we see natural selection in the seminal bestseller The Selfish Gene. "Intelligent Design" is being taught in our schools; educators are being asked to "teach the controversy" behind evolutionary theory. Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, The God Delusion, which sold more than 2 million copies in English alone. Now, he launches a fierce counterattack against proponents of "Intelligent Design" in his latest New York Times bestseller, The Greatest Show on Earth. Dawkins sifts through rich layers of scientific evidence—from living examples of natural selection to clues in the fossil record; fro