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

By:

Dawkins, Richard, (, 1941-)

Material type: Text

TextPublication 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

Subject(s):

Evolution (Biology)

DDC classification:

576.8 DAW

LOC classification:

QH366.2 .D374 2009

Contents:

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	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	576.8 DAW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		023714

"Originally published in Great Britain in 2009 by Bantam Press"--T.p. verso.

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

Only a theory? -- Dogs, cows, and cabbages -- The primrose path to macro-evolution -- Silence and slow time -- Before our very eyes -- Missing link? What do you mean, 'missing'? -- Missing persons? Missing no longer -- You did it yourself in nine months -- The ark of the continents -- The tree of cousinship -- History written all over us -- Arms races and 'evolutionary theodicy' -- There is grandeur in this view of life -- Appendix. The history-deniers.

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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