In this revised edition, Richard Dawkins delves deeply into the intricacies of evolution, showcasing his expertise as a renowned biologist and thinker. The work provides a thorough exploration of evolutionary concepts, making complex ideas accessible to readers. Dawkins emphasizes the importance of understanding evolution in the context of science and society, aiming to enlighten and inspire a broader audience about the mechanisms that drive the diversity of life on Earth.
Professor Richard Dawkins has teamed up with renowned illustrator Dave McKean to take you on an amazing journey from atoms to animals, pollination to paranoia, the big bang to the bigger picture. See the wonder of science come alive in this beautifully illustrated guide to the greatest questions on earth - and some of the answers to them.
In works such as "The Selfish Gene" and "Unweaving the Rainbow," the renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has introduced the wonders of modern biology. Now this gifted science popularizer offers a masterwork: a wholly original tour backward through evolution.
Richard Dawkins explores the wonder of flight. A book for ages 8-80 about flying - from the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but magnificent bird Argentavis magnificens, to the British Airways pilots of today.
W roku 2006 po światowym sukcesie 'Boga urojonego' Richard Dawkins stał się ikoną ruch�w ateistycznych i sceptycznych.Ten sukces przyćmił nawet jego ważne dokonania naukowe i kluczową rolę, jaką w popularyzacji neodarwinizmu ? i szerzej, naukowej wizji świata ? odegrały jego poprzednie książki ? od Samolubnego genu poprzez Fenotyp rozszerzony i kilkanaście innych, aż po Najwspanialsze widowisko świata.W każdym razie dziś nikt, nawet przeciwnicy Dawkinsa (a ma ich wielu) nie kwestionuje jego wyjątkowej pozycji naukowca, intelektualisty i obrońcy rozumu. Apetyt na cuda to pierwszy tom wspomnień, kt�re profesor Dawkins postanowił przygotować z okazji swoich siedemdziesiątych urodzin
Collects nature- and science-based essays by such authors as Anne Fadiman, Brian Hayes, Cullen Murphy, and Gary Taubes.
This chapter from "River Out of Eden" argues that the only purpose of life is the survival of DNA; understand this, and all the inefficiency, unfairness and cruelty in the world makes sense.
Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, The God Delusion, which sold more than 2 million copies in English alone. He revolutionized the way we see natural selection in the seminal bestseller The Selfish Gene. Now, he launches a fierce counterattack against proponents of "Intelligent Design" in his latest New York Times bestseller, The Greatest Show on Earth. "Intelligent Design" is being taught in our schools; educators are being asked to "teach the controversy" behind evolutionary theory. There is no controversy. Dawkins sifts through rich layers of scientific evidence—from living examples of natural selection to clues in the fossil record; from natural clocks that mark the vast epochs wherein evolution ran its course to the intricacies of developing embryos; from plate tectonics to molecular genetics—to make the airtight case that "we find ourselves perched on one tiny twig in the midst of a blossoming and flourishing tree of life and it is no accident, but the direct consequence of evolution by non-random selection." His unjaded passion for the natural world turns what might have been a negative argument, exposing the absurdities of the creationist position, into a positive offering to the reader: nothing less than a master’s vision of life, in all its splendor.
Science need not be dull and bogged down by jargon, as Richard Dawkins proves in this entertaining look at evolution. The themes he takes up are the concepts of altruistic and selfish behaviour; the genetical definition of selfish interest; the evolution of aggressive behaviour; kinshiptheory; sex ratio theory; reciprocal altruism; deceit; and the natural selection of sex differences. 'Should be read, can be read by almost anyone. It describes with great skill a new face of the theory of evolution.' W.D. Hamilton, Science
One of the world's bestselling science communicators, Dawkins gives readers an opportunity to rethink the big questions. In 12 fiercely funny, mind-expanding chapters, he explains how the natural world arose without a designer--the improbability and beauty of the "bottom-up programming" that engineers an embryo or a flock of starlings--and challenges head-on some of the most basic assumptions made by the world's religions
