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The Greatest Show on Earth : The Evidence for Evolution / Richard Dawkins.
Material type:
TextSeries: New York Times best sellersPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2009.Description: ix, 470 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781416594789
- 1416594787
- 9780552775243
- Evolution (Biology)
- Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy
- Human evolution
- Life -- Origin
- Religion and science
- Biological Evolution
- Religion and Science
- Origin of Life
- evolutie
- evolution
- natuurlijke selectie
- natural selection
- adaptatie
- adaptation
- paleontologie
- palaeontology
- embryologie
- embryology
- moleculaire genetica
- molecular genetics
- fylogenie
- phylogeny
- religie
- religion
- fossielen
- fossils
- Evolution and Phylogeny
- Evolutie en fylogenie
- 576.8 D271
Contents:
Summary: 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."
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-454) 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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