The greatest show on earth : the evidence for evolution / Richard Dawkins.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2009.Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover edDescription: ix, 470 p : [32] p. of plates, ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781416594789 :
- 1416594787
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.".
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