Book
The greatest show on Earth : the evidence for evolution / Richard Dawkins.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781416594789 (hc) :
- Physical Description: ix, 470 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
- Publisher: New York : Free Press, 2009.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Evolution (Biology) |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 576.8 Daw | 31681002036721 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Lays out evidence in defense of the theory of evolution and provides a summary of evolutionary biology, with detailed explanations of scientific concepts. - Baker & Taylor
The acclaimed author ofThe God Delusion and Selfish Gene lays out evidence in defense of the theory of evolution in a thrilling tour into our distant past and into the the interstices of life on Earth that will be released in time for the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species . - Simon and Schuster
Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, The God Delusion, which sold more than 2 million copies in English alone. He revolutionized the way we see natural selection in the seminal bestseller The Selfish Gene. Now, he launches a fierce counterattack against proponents of "Intelligent Design" in his latest New York Times bestseller, The Greatest Show on Earth. "Intelligent Design" is being taught in our schools; educators are being asked to "teach the controversy" behind evolutionary theory. There is no controversy. Dawkins sifts through rich layers of scientific evidenceâfrom living examples of natural selection to clues in the fossil record; from natural clocks that mark the vast epochs wherein evolution ran its course to the intricacies of developing embryos; from plate tectonics to molecular geneticsâto make the airtight case that "we find ourselves perched on one tiny twig in the midst of a blossoming and flourishing tree of life and it is no accident, but the direct consequence of evolution by non-random selection." His unjaded passion for the natural world turns what might have been a negative argument, exposing the absurdities of the creationist position, into a positive offering to the reader: nothing less than a masterâs vision of life, in all its splendor.
