The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution -- Richard Dawkins

<b>Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, <i>The God Delusion, </i>which sold millions of copies in English alone. He revolutionized the way we see natural selection in the seminal bestseller <i>The Selfish Gene</i>. Now, he launches a fierce counterattack against proponents of Intelligent Design in his <i>New York Times </i>bestseller, <i>The Greatest Show on Earth</i>.</b> <p/>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.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Richard Dawkins<br><b>Publisher:</b> Free Press<br><b>Published:</b> 08/24/2010<br><b>Pages:</b> 496<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:<