Title:
The greatest show on Earth : the evidence for evolution / Richard Dawkins.
Author:
Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
Publication Information:
New York : Free Press, 2009.
Call Number:
QH366.2 .D374 2009
Abstract:
Sifting through rich layers of scientific evidence, Dawkins' "The Greatest Show on Earth" is a stunning counterattack on advocates of "Intelligent Design," explaining the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist "argument."
Edition:
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
ISBN:
9781416594789
Physical Description:
ix, 470 p., 32 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Only a theory? -- Dogs, cows, and cabbages -- The primrose path to macro-evolution -- Silence and slow time -- Before our very eyes -- Missing link? What do you mean, 'missing'? -- Missing persons? Missing no longer -- You did it yourself in nine months -- The ark of the continents -- The tree of cousinship -- History written all over us -- Arms races and 'evolutionary theodicy' -- There is grandeur in this view of life -- Appendix. The history-deniers.
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