The Greatest Show on Earth : The evidence for evolution

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9780593061749

In The Greatest Show on Earth, Richard Dawkins takes on creationists, including followers of 'Intelligent
Design' and all those who question the fact of evolution through natural selection. In this brilliant tour de force
he pulls together the incontrovertible evidence that underpins it. Like a detective arriving on the scene of a
crime, he sifts through fascinating layers of scientific facts and disciplines to build a cast-iron case: from the
living examples of natural selection around us in birds and insects; the 'time clocks' of trees and radioactive
dating that calibrate a timescale for evolution; the fossil record and the traces of our earliest ancestors; to
confirmation from molecular biology and genetics. All of this, and much more, bears witness to the truth of
evolution. This book comes at a critical time: systematic opposition to the truth of evolution is now
flourishing as never before, especially in America. In Britain and elsewhere in the world teachers witness
insidious attempts to undermine the status of science in their classrooms. Richard Dawkins provides
unequivocal evidence that boldly and comprehensively rebuts such nonsense. At the same time he shares
with us his palpable love of the natural world and the essential role that science plays in its interpretation.
Written with elegance, wit and passion, it is hard-hitting, absorbing and totally convincing.

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Author: Richard Dawkins

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