by Richard Dawkins
A good read for those who need to argue against "intelligent design" theories with obstreperous relatives during the holidays. I really liked his mathematical perspectives, deconstructing seemingly impossible statistics and showing how they are indeed quite reasonable.
I have only ever read one other Dawkins book before, The God Delusion, and really didn't like the style or attitude of the writing, so was not completely looking forward to this one.The primary aim of the book is to look at all the evidence and theories that make up the Darwinian theory of evolution...
This book is the " Holy Bible Of Biology " Dawkins and only Dawkins could put Science Genes into your DNA , Dawkins makes me move between his books from one to another ,his folksy and intersting way of writing , his apologetic against let my say enemies make you " eat " the book not Just read it Im...
Dawkins accomplishes all of his goals, I think, in this one, but it's a bit of a mind-wanderer in several of the chapters. Some of the mind's departures from the text were positive (Dawkins presents 'IDEAS' that have to be chased down) and some were negative (while Dawkins belabors this point, let's...
Third re-read, this time to celebrate the 25th birthday of publication.We animals are the most complicated things in the known universe.Watch movement animation
Dawkins loves explaining evolutionary theory, and this is one of his best books. My favourite bit is the section on long-tailed birds (peacocks, etc). From the point of view of simple utility, they are rather baffling. What use could you possibly have for that long, stupid tail?But, as Dawkins keeps...
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