The greatest show on Earth : the evidence for evolution / Richard Dawkins.

By:

Dawkins, Clinton Richard, 1941-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: New York Times best sellersPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2009.Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover edDescription: ix, 470 p., 32 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 25 cmISBN:

9781416594789
1416594787

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DDC classification:

576.8

LOC classification:

QH 366.2 D271g 2009

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Contents:

Preface vii Only a theory? 1 (18) Dogs, cows and cabbages 19 (24) The primrose path to macro-evolution 43 (40) Silence and slow time 83 (26) Before our very eyes 109 (34) Missing link? What do you mean, `missing'? 143 (38) Missing persons? Missing no longer 181 (28) You did it yourself in nine months 209 (42) The ark of the continents 251 (34) The tree of cousinship 285 (52) History written all over us 337 (36) Arms races and `evolutionary theodicy' 373 (24) There is grandeur in this view of life 397 (30) Appendix The history-deniers 427 (12) Notes 439 (8) Bibliography and Further Reading 447 (8) Picture Acknowledgements 455 (4) Index 459

Summary: Sifting through rich layers of scientific evidence, Dawkins' "The Greatest Show on Earth" is a stunning counterattack on advocates of "Intelligent Design," explaining the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist "argument."

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	QH 366.2 D271g 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000074639

Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-454) and index.

Preface vii
Only a theory?
1 (18)
Dogs, cows and cabbages
19 (24)
The primrose path to macro-evolution
43 (40)
Silence and slow time
83 (26)
Before our very eyes
109 (34)
Missing link? What do you mean, `missing'?
143 (38)
Missing persons? Missing no longer
181 (28)
You did it yourself in nine months
209 (42)
The ark of the continents
251 (34)
The tree of cousinship
285 (52)
History written all over us
337 (36)
Arms races and `evolutionary theodicy'
373 (24)
There is grandeur in this view of life
397 (30)
Appendix The history-deniers 427 (12)
Notes 439 (8)
Bibliography and Further Reading 447 (8)
Picture Acknowledgements 455 (4)
Index 459

Sifting through rich layers of scientific evidence, Dawkins' "The Greatest Show on Earth" is a stunning counterattack on advocates of "Intelligent Design," explaining the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist "argument."

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