I read it in January 2014. Some chapters are interesting, others are boring or even childish. I never expected anyone to compare creationists to holocaust deniers, but apparently Godwin's law started to span books too, this time in the introduction! Dawkins overuses analogies to explain things, whic...
This book was also on my to-read list for a long while before I got around to reading it because I feared that the subject matter would go right over my head, it didn't. It wasn't a particularly quick read but that had more to do with my taking my time over certain sections. It was a very readable,...
Most of what Dawkins explains in this book was not yet known when I went to school.My jaw was dropping several times during this most pleasurable trip through the physical evidence of evolution. In 4 billion years we went from a single cell to a fully developed human, and now each of us has repreate...
Hearing that there are people who still don't believe in evolution makes me want to cry a little. And that these people are reproducing and passing on their ignorance is terrifying.
There are times when I think of the process of reading as a way to find happiness by leaving the nuisances of my own life and getting lost into someone else’s problems and reflections. In this scenario books are like spaceships that allow me to fly far away from my own planet, with the advantage of ...
Excellent read. Detailed enough to give a sense of the complexity of the issue without drifting into dullness. I especially appreciated the "right before our eyes" chapter with the bacteria example winning my vote for most interesting evidence. That said, some of the simpler examples such as the ...
"Spirtual book"The more I learn about the development of life and humans on earth the more spiritual I become because the more special it makes me feel. For all the events to have happened to have put us here after a 100 million centuries and to have awoken up in this special time and place it makes...
I liked this book well enough but it was a bit of a disappointment. Let me clarify: I was hoping for something a bit more in depth in terms of the actual process of evolution. To be fair I do have a background in evolution and ecology. However, I did figure that since he was writing an entire book...
I wish I'd had engaging and interesting texts like this to read when I had to take science classes in high school. I always wanted to like science so much, but I always got bogged down in minutae, in questions the text or teachers didn't address, and in the boredom of rote memorization. This book re...
I really enjoy Richard Dawkins books, of course with me he is sort of preaching to the choir. LOL I found this latest novel about evolution quite engaging and well written and would definitely recommend it!
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