Dawkins emerges like a prize-fighter, knocking out of the ring all objections. One of the best books I've ever read! Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Creasing present. THE greatest show on Earth, the only game in town (coolest book title ever). There's a problem loading this menu right now. One of the best books I've ever read! ", "--Nature""Up until now, Richard Dawkins has said everything interesting that there is to say about evolution -- with one exception. There's a particularly good (and expedient) chapter that reinforces the ridiculousness of such assumptions. Along the way he deals with the evidence against creationism, particularly in the fossil and carbon dating chapters. 1-Click ordering is not available for this item. Cover has some wear. From a non-religious side, I find the pokes just as irritating, since I already know Dawkins' stance on religion and would rather read about the evidence! The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution is a book that raised many eyebrows in the scientific world right from the time the author first wrote it. To my mind, presenting compelling arguments for rational thought and encouraging us, as humans, to take control and responsibility for ourselves. "To call this book a defense of evolution utterly misses the point: "The Greatest Show on Earth" is a celebration of one of the best ideas humans have ever produced. The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins, 9780552775243, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Great read, but Dawkins gives in to his anti-religion stance a bit too often, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2013. Other than risking dogma, I think that it would be appropriate to state that nobody who wishes to pass an opinion to others regarding evolution should be allowed to do so without reading this book first. Get FREE Expedited Shipping and Scheduled Delivery with Amazon Prime. Finally, I decided to see what it was all about and I began with this book. A great book. In "The Greatest Show on Earth", he fills this gap, brilliantly describing the multifarious and massive evidence for evolution -- evidence that gives the lie to the notion that evolution is 'only a theory.' Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, (get extra 12pt if you become a Prime member). i also found it uncouth that he frequently cites his own books as evidence. This influences a lot of the style of the book, in some ways positively in other ways negatively. In interpolated Gallup results, a surprising 44 percent of Americans believe that "God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so", which is basically the denial of evolution . Give it a shot, and if your appetite for more information on this subject grows, check out Dawkins other great books or Coyne's book I mentioned. Darwin deliberately deferred his treatment of human evolution to another book, The Descent of Man. Dawkings offers some great explantions of some difficult concepts within evolution and expounds on the more simple ones. -- Neil Shubin, author of "Your Inner Fish""Unambiguous, beautifully argued, with prose like quicksilver. Coyne's book is a little more difficult of a read, but is also shorter and more succinct. Please try again. This shopping feature will continue to load items. First and foremost: Dawkin's has written this book to outline evidence for evolution in response to the growing trend of creationism. Why are male birds usually more interesting to look at with a multitude of colours, feathers and patterns opposed to the females dull Brown's and greys? Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary Edition (Oxford Landmark Science), The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, "'...he is an awesome thinker, a superb writer whose explanatory skills I envy, who dismisses his opponents with the thoroughness of a top silk'....A beautifully crafted and intelligible rebuttal of creationism and intelligent design." To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. “Greatest Show on Earth” spectaculars of the late 1880s. (Alfred's Basic Piano Library - Book Three) - Sedona Fouts (Alfred's Basic Piano Library - Book Three) - Sedona Fouts Remus Oniga Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 19, 2020. Having read "The Selfish Gene", I thought that did a much better job at explaining the science with minimum political rhetoric, so it is a shame that Dawkins let it seep into this book. Because your meals are feasts over very distant relatives (this book will never leave you). The sequence of chapters is masterfully dealt with, beginning with basic principles that are difficult to dispute, before going down the "primrose path" (Dawkins' own words) to more nuanced evidence. A great book. DOI: 10.5860/choice.47-3136 Corpus ID: 192583872 The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution @inproceedings{Dawkins2009TheGS, title={The Greatest Show on Earth: … I have a feeling anyone devoutly religious will just throw the book across the room after the 3rd or 4th jeer. why evolution is true) chapter by chapter. How and why are some animals and plants domesticated to achieve different traits? In American schools, and in schools around the world, insidious attempts … "Dawkins gathers up the weight of evidence into a huge lump and hurls it at us from the highest heights his rhetoric can scale...his grandness of vision still dazzles." Unable to add item to List. Having read "The Selfish Gene", I thought that did a much better job at explaining the science with minimum political rhetoric, so it is a shame that Dawkins let it seep into this book. Thought provoking and stimulating. It's simply another fact that we too know what we're talking about, when championing Evolution, but are sometimes lacking the background and knowledge, as well as the skills, to express that understanding. These re just some of the questions that needed answering for me. Knowing Richard Dawkin's resume', there's no question that he has a refined knowledge in the biological science spectrum. How and why are some animals and plants domesticated to achieve different traits? The writing style is just perfect if you are a layperson. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolu…. In it he draws on his great ability to write about science in a way that is clear, absorbing, and vivid." The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a … The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution is a 2009 book by British biologist Richard Dawkins, which was released on 3 September 2009 in the UK and on 22 September 2009 in the US. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. The book is composed of the following thirteen … Maybe if you've understood evolution for years, you'd be bored by this. I truly felt that it was invaluable and one of the best books I've read. Great job by Mr Dawkings! Why are male birds usually more interesting to look at with a multitude of colours, feathers and patterns opposed to the females dull Brown's and greys? I was always challenged by creationist family asking me "you're not one of those evolutionists, are you?!" This important and timely book is We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. The author also considers evolution critics and their objections, even some that are ostensibly ridiculous. The only problem I have with the book is that I am a younger reader (16) and I find some of the words worthy of frequent dictionary visits and some of the metaphors and expressions hard to grasp, so it is a bit difficult for a younger reader who will have to get their heads around some difficult uses of speech but apart from this, I would recommend this book highly! There's a problem loading this menu right now. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. If you have an interest in the subject, you'll surely find it fascinating. The Magic of Reality: How we know what's really true, The God Delusion: 10th Anniversary Edition (Pb Om), Richard Dawkins is so much more than just the world's most famous atheist, this smart and engaging "evidence for evolution" is required reading for those who want a grounding in the facts. So glibly do the phrases ‘higher animals’ and ‘lower animals’ trip off our tongues that it comes as a shock to realize … The sequence of chapters is masterfully dealt with, beginning with basic principles that are difficult to dispute, before going down the "primrose path" (Dawkins' own words) to more nuanced evidence. Noah's Ark). I read a review here on Amazon that Jerry Coyne's "Why Evolution Is True" makes for a great companion piece to this. But if you are genuinely curious and really don't know anything and wonder "why are monkeys still here? Along the way he deals with the evidence against creationism, particularly in the fossil and carbon dating chapters. Palaeontology, … In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This book is great for anyone who is interested in evolution or is just looking to get a deeper understanding of it like I did! The greatest showman on earth 295 Rivalry The onslaughts of Simon Cowell’s embittered enemies, and the incessant … By … Great read, but Dawkins gives in to his anti-religion stance a bit too often, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2013. We are in 1999, the SHOW is going on right now… just look through that window. I felt like this was one of the most important books I've read and the information in here is just truly amazing. Elegantly provocative, and unbelievably convincing, Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2015. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 5, 2015. Quite outstanding in every respect. it's not that it's inaccurate or difficult to read, it's that i don't know who it's for. Please try again. Unable to add item to List. Please try again. Well written and illustrated and as hard to put down as a gripping novel. Including YOUR species, which managed to figure out the show using science. Google that, BATMAN/BATWOMAN. © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The author convincingly builds on his premise (i.e. One of these items ships sooner than the other. All living things are your distant cousins, Dawkins shouts sitting on evidence. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 27, 2019. Dawkins really has a way of guiding you by the hand through the concepts and you almost feel as though you are an expert on the subject after reading it. And I didn't really know anything about evolution. It's as fascinating as it is challenging (. The Greatest Show on Earth comes at a critical time: systematic opposition to the fact of evolution is now flourishing as never before, especially in America. Deal with it. To my mind, presenting compelling arguments for rational thought and encouraging us, as humans, to take control and responsibility for ourselves. The greatest story is, of course, the story of evolution. On the negative side, this agenda against creationism does mean that Dawkins indulges in more than a few pokes at religion and creationism, at times in a relevant way, but often completely irrelevantly. In reading Dawkins, one is left awed at the beauty of the theory and humbled by the power of science to understand some of the greatest mysteries of life." Dawkins seems to spend a lot of time on each section, really trying to explain things for the person that doesn't know anything. This book really changed my life. Even though Darwin's Theory of Evolution … ― Richard Dawkins, quote from The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution “When we look at a solid lump of iron or rock, we are 'really' looking at what is almost entirely empty space. Richard Dawkins is a Fellow of the Royal Society and was the inaugural holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. Comment: Book is in good condition. Please try your request again later. That chapter is called "Silence and Slow Time" and it's chapter 4. This helped prepare [novice] readers grasp difficult (or hard to imagine) concepts and perhaps cope with the grand conclusion(s) that might be contrary to a popular belief (e.g. Richard Dawkins is the world's best-known champion of both atheism and its intellectual underpinning, particles-to-people evolution. The Greatest Show on Earth is a book by Richard Dawkins, published in 2009. If (as Dawkins states in the introduction) this book is written so that readers can lend the book to anyone who believes in creationism to rationally explain why they're wrong, then the jokes about how ridiculous religion is seems to be a weird way to go about it. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible … Well written and illustrated and as hard to put down as a gripping novel. An engaging, elegantly written book that does precisely as its title says! -- "The Sunday Telegraph""This is a magnificent book of wonderstanding: Richard Dawkins combines an artist's wonder at the virtuosity of nature with a scientist's understanding of how it comes to be.'' In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. The Greatest Show on Earth! The Greatest Show on Earth is Dawkins’s 10th book and was generally well received, although critics noted that Dawkins argues for evolution with a such a fervor that he can be as dogmatic as his … Richard Dawkins knows what he is talking about. But the entire ladder myth is deeply misconceived and un-evolutionary, as I shall now show. He is the acclaimed author of many books including The Selfish Gene, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, The Ancestor’s Tale, The God Delusion, and The Greatest Show on Earth. I have a feeling anyone devoutly religious will just throw the book across the room after the 3rd or 4th jeer. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. the main problem is that dawkins directly attacks those who need this book the most. Buy The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution 1st by Richard Dawkins (ISBN: 8601404463730) from Amazon's Book Store. Free download or read online The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution pdf (ePUB) book. Book Review: The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins February 23, 2020 September 5, 2020 Rebekah K If you only know of Richard Dawkins as a militant anti-theist, then you … As the author put it; it's the equivalent to believing that the length of North America is less than 10 yards. These re just some of the questions that needed answering for me. The only problem I have with the book is that I am a younger reader (16) and I find some of the words worthy of frequent dictionary visits and some of the metaphors and expressions hard to grasp, so it is a bit difficult for a younger reader who will have to get their heads around some difficult uses of speech but apart from this, I would recommend this book highly! It … The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. 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