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This work is based on the author's 1992 Royal Institution Christmas lectures, "An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology", which is aimed both at teenagers and adults.
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Few scientific theories have been as influential or controversial in the past few centuries as Darwin's thoughts on natural selection; even now, laymen and scientists find fault with Darwin's argument. Richard Dawkins, the chair of the communication of science at Oxford University, has delivered a well-researched book supporting and supplementing Darwin's theories. Although not a work of Darwinian proportions, Climbing Mount Improbable is an advancement of those theories for scientists and general readers alike.
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Mount Improbable is Dawkins s metaphor for natural selection: its peaks standing for evolution s most complex achievements . . . a perfect, elegant riposte to a great deal of fuzzy thinking."
Dazzling, --David Attenborough
Mount Improbable is Dawkins's metaphor for natural selection: its peaks standing for evolution's most complex achievements . . . a perfect, elegant riposte to a great deal of fuzzy thinking.
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Viking / Penguin Books, London, 1996
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Paperback large trade, good condition only, figures, black & white photos, spine little faded, edges little foxed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, barcode sticker inside front cover. 308 pp. An elegant and riveting series of lectures by Richard Dawkins on the modern improbable face of Darwinism, demonstrating that organisms are merely vehicles for genes. Darwinism explains complex natural natural selection and evolution, for example, ranging from the amazing human brain, the squid's eye and the aeronautical prowess of the albatross. Complex life forms evolve through gradual, step-by-step adaptation rather than sudden leaps. Using vivid metaphors, natural-world case studies and evolutionary logic, he shows how structures such as eyes, wings and spider webs can arise through countless small advantages accumulated over time. Seller Inventory # 20119