River Out of Eden : A Darwinian View of Life Paperback / softback
by Prof Richard Dawkins, Richard Dawkins
Part of the Science Masters series
Paperback / softback
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The No.1 SUNDAY TIMES bestseller. A fascinating explanation of how evolution works, from bestselling author of THE GOD DELUSION'Dawkins is a brilliant communicator' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'A model of simplicity and power' Douglas AdamsThe 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.
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:05/03/2015
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- ISBN:9781780226897
