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Richard Dawkins gives an introduction to his new book "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution." He explains why this book was necessary, and what readers can expect from this highly-anticipated work. The book is available now in the UK, and will be released in the US on September 22nd!
Read the first chapter of "The Greatest Show" at http://richarddawkins.net/thegreatestshowonearth
Also available as an unabridged audiobook on CD.
Richard Dawkins is the bestselling author of "The God Delusion" and "The Selfish Gene."
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Charles Darwin's masterpiece, "On the Origin of Species", shook society to its core on publication in 1859. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke but he would surely have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging a century and a half later. Evolution is accepted as scientific fact by all reputable scientists and indeed theologians, yet millions of people continue to question its veracity. 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. 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 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. "The Greatest Show on Earth" comes at a critical time: systematic opposition to the fact 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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@Caravandrums Yeah, tell us some of your facts!! Or is it ....god did it?
spareaxe 2 days ago
@hamany12 just a stupid internet troll
MrBuffaloGrill 3 days ago
now write a book of how those dumb asses in the school system can use this book as reference in class rooms without being shut down by religious parents at home.
truvak 3 days ago
@Alphacaliber Dawkins doesn't even know what he believes. Watch him being interveiwed by ben stein. Stein cuts quickly through the bs.
Caravandrums 1 week ago
@Alphacaliber evolution is a farce. watch some of the debates.
Caravandrums 1 week ago
@Caravandrums And that facts are?
Alphacaliber 1 week ago
@Caravandrums have you read the book ? or you just trolling ?
hamany12 1 week ago
No evidence here, either. Just a sales pitch and a false summary of the facts.
Caravandrums 2 weeks ago
It's èvolution, not ēvolution, dum dum.
Caravandrums 2 weeks ago
@Illuminasti Actually what the fundies need first is to produce evidence that their creation myth is better than all the other creation myths in the world. That's how science works, when there are competing theories, the one that fits the evidence the best and makes the best predictions wins. Fundies have to establish their "theory" of creation is better than all others before it's even worth wasting one breath on a comparison to the theory of evolution. Godot will arrive first.
ExperienceCounts2 2 weeks ago