The Greatest Show on Earth：The Evidence for Evolution
- 作者
- 出版社 Simon & Schuster
- 出版时间 2009年9月 第1版
- ISBN 9781416594789
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In1859CharlesDarwin'smasterpiece,OntheOriginofSpecies,shooksocietytoitscore.Darwinwasonlytooawareofthestormhistheoryofevolutionwouldprovoke.Buthesurelywouldhaveraisedanincredulouseyebrowatthecontroversystillragingacenturyandahalflater.Evolutionisacceptedasscientificfactbyallreputablescientistsandindeedtheologians,yetmillionsofpeoplecontinuetoquestionitsveracity.NowtheauthoroftheiconicworkTheGodDelusiontakesthemtotask.TheGreatestShowonEarthisastunningcounterattackonadvocatesof"IntelligentDesign,"explainingtheevidenceforevolutionwhileexposingtheabsurditiesofthecreationist"argument."Dawkinssiftsthroughrichlayersofscientificevidence:fromlivingexamplesofnaturalselectiontocluesinthefossilrecord;fromnaturalclocksthatmarkthevastepochswhereinevolutionranitscoursetotheintricaciesofdevelopingembryos;fromplatetectonicstomoleculargenetics.Combiningtheseelementsandmanymore,hemakestheairtightcasethat"wefindourselvesperchedononetinytwiginthemidstofablossomingandflourishingtreeoflifeanditisnoaccident,butthedirectconsequenceofevolutionbynon-randomselection."TheGreatestShowonEarthcomesatacriticaltime:systematicoppositiontothefactofevolutionismenacingasneverbefore.InAmericanschools,andinschoolsaroundtheworld,insidiousattemptsaremadetounderminethestatusofscienceintheclassroom.Dawkinswieldsadevastatingargumentagainstthisignorance,buthisunjadedpassionforthenaturalworldturnswhatmighthavebeenanegativeargumentintoapositiveofferingtothereader:nothinglessthanamaster'svisionoflife,inallitssplendor.
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