The most ambitious show on Earth: Evidence of Evolution ( eng. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution ) is a book by British evolutionist Richard Dawkins [1] , dedicated to the theory of evolution .
| The greatest show on Earth: Evidence of evolution | |
|---|---|
| The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution | |
| Author | Richard Dawkins |
| Original language | English |
| Original issued | 2009 |
| Publisher | and |
| Pages | 470 |
| ISBN | |
| Previous | God as illusion |
| The next | Magic of reality |
Richard Dawkins has written a series of books on evolution, starting with his first two books, The Selfish Gene (1976) and The Extended Phenotype (1982). They were followed by three more books in which an attempt was made to clarify some common mistakes in understanding the theory of evolution [2] . His latest documentary series “The Genius of Charles Darwin” is dedicated to the life of Charles Darwin and provides some of the evidence from the theory of evolution.
Despite these and other works, Dawkins felt that in fact he had never before taken up comprehensive coverage of evidence of evolution , so he decided to devote this book to this topic.
Overview
In the preface, Dawkins noted:
| This book is my own presentation of evidence that the “theory” of evolution is in fact a fact as undeniable as any other in science. |
The book consists of 13 sections:
- Only theory?
- Dogs, Cows and Cabbage
- The path of pleasure in macroevolution
- Silence and slow time
- Right before our eyes
- Missing link? What does absent mean?
- Are there no individuals? No longer available
- You did it yourself for nine months
- Ark of the Continents
- Kinship tree
- History is written everywhere with us
- Arms Race and Evolutionary Theodicy
- There is greatness in this view of life.
Notes
- Gre The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover) . Amazon.com (08-25-09). Date of circulation is September 30, 2017. Archived July 15, 2013.
- ↑ Richard Dawkins. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (2009). Peredmova