TheGreatestShowonEarth:TheEvidenceforEvolution

作者 Richard Dawkins著
出版社 FreePress
出版时间 2010年8月
ISBN 9781416594796
定价 165.50

内容简介

RichardDawkinstransformedourviewofGodinhisblockbuster,TheGodDelusion,whichsoldmorethan2millioncopiesinEnglishalone.HerevolutionizedthewayweseenaturalselectionintheseminalbestsellerTheSelfishGene.Now,helaunchesafiercecounterattackagainstproponentsof"IntelligentDesign"inhislatestNewYorkTimesbestseller,TheGreatestShowonEarth."IntelligentDesign"isbeingtaughtinourschools;educatorsarebeingaskedto"teachthecontroversy"behindevolutionarytheory.Thereisnocontroversy.Dawkinssiftsthroughrichlayersofscientificevidence—fromlivingexamplesofnaturalselectiontocluesinthefossilrecord;fromnaturalclocksthatmarkthevastepochswhereinevolutionranitscoursetotheintricaciesofdevelopingembryos;fromplatetectonicstomoleculargenetics—tomaketheairtightcasethat"wefindourselvesperchedononetinytwiginthemidstofablossomingandflourishingtreeoflifeanditisnoaccident,butthedirectconsequenceofevolutionbynon-randomselection."Hisunjadedpassionforthenaturalworldturnswhatmighthavebeenanegativeargument,exposingtheabsurditiesofthecreationistposition,intoapositiveofferingtothereader:nothinglessthanamaster’svisionoflife,inallitssplendor.

作者简介

MorebythisAuthorRichardDawkinstaughtzoologyattheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeleyandatOxfordUniversityandisnowtheCharlesSimonyiProfessorofthePublicUnderstandingofScienceatOxford,apositionhehasheldsince1995.AmonghispreviousbooksareTheAncestor’sTale,TheSelfishGene,TheBlindWatchmaker,ClimbingMountImprobable,UnweavingtheRainbow,andADevil’sChaplain.DawkinslivesinOxfordwithhiswife,theactressandartistLallaWard.

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