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

by Dawkins, Richard, 1941-

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Free Press, 2009.

Evolution (Biology)

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1st Free Press hardcover ed.

ix, 470 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-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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