Title:
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RIVER OUT OF EDEN
A DARWINIAN VIEW OF LIFE |
By: |
Richard Dawkins, Richard Dawkins |
Format: |
Downloadable audio file |
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ISBN 10: |
1409162184 |
ISBN 13: |
9781409162186 |
Publisher: |
ORION PUBLISHING CO |
Pub. date: |
19 March, 2015 |
Description: |
The No.1 SUNDAY TIMES bestseller. A fascinating explanation of how evolution works, from bestselling author of THE GOD DELUSION, Richard Dawkins. |
Synopsis: |
The river of Dawkins's title is a river of DNA, flowing through time from the beginning of life on earth to the present - and onwards. Dawkins explains that DNA must be thought of as the most sophisticated information system imaginable: 'Life is just bytes and bytes of information,' he writes. Using this perspective, he describes the mechanisms by which evolution has taken place, gradually but inexorably, over a period of three thousand million years. It is the story of how evolution happens, rather than a narrative of what has actually happened in evolution. He discusses current views on the process of human evolution, including the idea that we all trace back to a comparatively recent African 'Eve', and speculates that the 'information explosion' that was unleashed on Earth when DNA came into being has almost certainly happened in other places in the universe. A bite-sized science classic, narrated by the author. (p) 1998 Orion Publishing Group |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |