A River out of Eden - Richard Dawkins
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Professo r Richard Dawkins is one of the worlds leading authorities on evolution and gene theory and a staunch anti-creationist thinker. He first came to public attention with his critically acclaimed ... Read review
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(+) it has all topics listed saying which exam board requires which topic... Nice colours and quite simple easily understandable explanations. (-) My experience
Advantages: Accessible and easy to read Disadvantages: Short and adds nothing to his earlier works
A River out of Eden - Richard Dawkins
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Professo r Richard Dawkins is one of the worlds leading authorities on evolution and gene theory and a staunch anti-creationist thinker. He first came to public attention with his critically acclaimed 1976 book 'The Selfish Gene', a fairly controversial book in that it espouses the gene as the ultimate currency of life and consigned everything else as merely ... ...level reading lists and contain a level of scientific content that can be somewhat challenging for the average reader. What raises these books above the norm is Dawkins skill as a written communicator. His books are full of accessible exposition and analogies and the reader is never made to feel distanced from the subject matter, for such a highly regarded intellectual writing about his life's work this is some achievement.
Despite their undeniable ...
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05.04.2007
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Advantages: Fascinating for those interested in the subject area Disadvantages: Dead broing for those not interested in, or who do not beleive in, evolution.
...to read, this is certainly a good introduction to his more eye-opening work like "The Selfish Gene" and "The Extended Phenotype". While at time it feels like "River out of Eden" was written in his 'spare time' with 'old ideas,' as always Dawkins's writing is clear and captivating. The examples he picks are, as always, truly mind-boggling. And even if it does drag on at times, finishing it gives one the natural rush that invariably follows turning ... ...hopefully who we are just a but better!
This River which Dawkins sees flowing out of 'Eden' is the germ line - the constant strand of DNA that links modern humans (and indeed all modern species) to their most remote common ancestors. Each organism is at the end of a tiny rivulet at the mouth of this river. Rivulets join in reproduction and split during speciation. And in the end it one will be amazed by how closely linked we all are (hence the metaphor ...
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