The Greatest Show on Earth; The Evidence for Evolution by Dawkins, Richard - 2009

Free Press, New York, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. "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 evidence - from 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 genetics - to 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 master's vision of life, in all its splendor. the book is secondhand. There is no damage to describe. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X, 470 pages, with notes & bibliography and further reading list, and index. Illustrated with line drawings, and colour plates.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; Biology; Religion & Theology. ISBN: 1416594787. ISBN/EAN: 9781416594789. Inventory No: 0284981. . 9781416594789