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THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - RICHARD DAWKINS KA...

Charles Darwin's masterpiece  "On the Origin of Species"  shook society to its core on
publication in 1859. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would
provoke but he would surely have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging
a century and a half later. Evolution is accepted as scientific fact by all reputable
scientists and indeed theologians  yet millions of people continue to question its veracity. In
"The Greatest Show on Earth" Richard Dawkins takes on creationists  including followers of
'Intelligent Design' and all those who question the fact of evolution through natural
selection. Like a detective arriving on the scene of a crime  he sifts through fascinating
layers of scientific facts and disciplines to build a cast-iron case: from the living examples
of natural selection in birds and insects  the 'time clocks' of trees and radioactive dating
that calibrate a timescale for evolution  the fossil record and the traces of our earliest
ancestors  to confirmation from molecular biology and genetics. All of this  and much more 
bears witness to the truth of evolution. "The Greatest Show on Earth" comes at a critical time:
systematic opposition to the fact of evolution is now flourishing as never before  especially
in America. In Britain and elsewhere in the world  teachers witness insidious attempts to
undermine the status of science in their classrooms. Richard Dawkins provides unequivocal
evidence that boldly and comprehensively rebuts such nonsense. At the same time he shares with
us his palpable love of the natural world and the essential role that science plays in its
interpretation. Written with elegance  wit and passion  it is hard-hitting  absorbing and
totally convincing.

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