This book grew out of the bewilderment of one of the authors, w<br >has no formal training in evolutionary science, at the lack ofrespol<br >from those who have had such training to the fascinating work<br >Vificent Sarich and Allan Wilson, of Berkeley in California. and th<br >colleagues. The work, published in widely read and respecta[<br >scientific journals such as Nature and Science, is about the origin al<br >evolution of all living things. That means it is about mankind. [<br >studying the molecules of life from living species, rather than tl<br >preserved fossil remains of extinct ones, Sarich and Wilson showe<br >is long ago as 1967, that our kinship to the African apes is mu~<br >:loser than any mainstream palaeontologist has ever acknowledgec<br >Fo an astronomer with an outsider s interest in the subject, th<br >vidence seemed dramatic and important enough at least to caus<br >xcited debate among the experts, yet each paper in the journal<br >eemed to sink with scarcely a ripple of interest. The new picture o<br >uman origins raised novel and interesting questions, as well a<br >-*solving old puzzles, and it portrayed an inherently interestin~<br >abject - ourselves. Yet the palaeo-anthropologists who are sup-<br >~sed to answer questions about our origins seemed to be ignorin8<br >te new work. Why?<br >Because we worked in close proximity - actually on adjacent<br >~sks - at New Scientist, the baffled astronomer was able to ply a<br >ologist with a seemingly endless stream of questions. Why did no<br >e take the molecular evidence seriously? Where was the evidence<br >it supported the traditional palaeontological picture?Just suppose<br >.* molecules really were telling the truth: what would the impli-<br >ions be? The anwers that came back were, initially, less than<br >isfactory: everyone with any sense knows that the fossil evidence<br >~ws the molecular studies to be wrong; the fossils prove that man<br >I the apes diverged from their common stock at least 20 million<br >rs ago; the implications of taking the molecular evidence at face<br >ae are absurd . . . Even the biologist began to feel uneasy, and<br >[er repeated probing his answers became even less satisfactory.<br > more he looked for incontrovertible arguments to silence his<br > [O~<br >
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我通常对这种带有强烈学术倾向的书籍抱持着一种审慎的态度,但这部作品完全颠覆了我的固有印象。作者的论证逻辑严密到令人咋舌,每一个观点的提出都有充分的史料和数据作为支撑,丝毫没有给人留下任何可以质疑的空隙。阅读的过程,就像是跟随一位技艺精湛的侦探,一步步抽丝剥茧,还原历史的真相。特别是在那些关键的转折点,作者处理得极其巧妙,既保持了科学的客观性,又增添了叙事的张力,让人屏息凝神,生怕错过任何一个细节。那种将复杂理论层层剖析,最终汇集成一个宏大而清晰图景的写作手法,实在是高明至极。它不是那种贩卖焦虑或故作高深的读物,而是真正致力于知识的普及与深度的探讨,对于任何渴望获得扎实知识基础的读者来说,无疑是一座宝库。读完后,我感觉自己的知识体系被重新梳理了一遍,收获之大,难以言表。
评分作为一个习惯了碎片化信息接收的现代读者,我发现这本书对我的专注力是一个绝佳的“训练”。它要求你必须全神贯注,因为稍有走神,可能就会错过作者精心设置的一个巧妙的逻辑跳跃点,而这个跳跃点往往是理解后续复杂论述的关键。这本书的结构设计极其精巧,章节之间的过渡自然流畅,仿佛是精心编排的交响乐章,层层递进,步步深入。作者在每一个章节的结尾,都会设置一个引人深思的问题或者一个令人震撼的发现,这极大地激发了我的求知欲,驱使我立刻翻到下一页去寻找答案或解释。这种设计,让阅读不再是被动的接受信息,而是一种主动的探索和追寻的过程,极大地提升了阅读的参与感和满足感。它真正做到了引导思考,而非仅仅是提供结论。
评分这本书的装帧设计简直是一场视觉盛宴,封面那充满异域风情的插画,让我忍不住想立刻翻开它探索其中的奥秘。纸张的质感也非常考究,拿在手里沉甸甸的,仿佛能感受到作者倾注其中的心血。初读几页,我就被作者那种娓娓道来的叙事方式深深吸引住了。她似乎有一种魔力,能将那些原本晦涩难懂的科学概念,用生动形象的比喻和贴近生活的例子娓娓道来,让人在不知不觉中就领悟了其中的精髓。更难能可贵的是,行文间不时流露出的那种对自然界的好奇与敬畏,让人在享受阅读乐趣的同时,也进行了一次精神上的洗礼。这本书的排版布局也十分合理,字里行间留有的恰当空白,使得阅读过程极为舒适,即便是长时间沉浸其中,眼睛也不会感到过分疲劳。它不仅仅是一本书,更像是一位博学的朋友,耐心地引导你走进一个全新的知识领域,让人流连忘返,读完后意犹未尽。
评分我尤其欣赏作者在处理争议性话题时所展现出的那种罕有的公正与审慎。在面对那些科学界尚未达成完全共识的领域时,她并没有采取断然否定的态度,而是清晰地梳理了各方的主要观点,详细阐述了每种理论的优势与局限性。这种对不同学术观点的尊重和全面呈现,让读者能够形成一个更为立体和全面的认知框架,而不是被单一的“正确答案”所束缚。这种严谨的学术态度,在非虚构类作品中是极为宝贵的品质。这本书的价值,不仅在于它传授了多少知识点,更在于它教会了我们一种如何理性、批判性地看待新信息、如何构建自己知识体系的方法论。它就像一把尺子,让我得以衡量和校准自己过去对于世界运行的一些模糊认知,是一次真正意义上的心智拓展之旅。
评分这本书的语言风格,用“清新”来形容或许有些保守了,我更愿意称之为“富有生命力”。作者似乎毫不费力地就能在严肃的学术探讨中,穿插进充满个人色彩的幽默感和洞察力。读到某些段落时,我甚至会忍不住会心一笑,那种会心一笑,源于对人类认知局限性的无奈,也源于对作者精妙表达的赞叹。她的句子结构充满了韵律感,长短句的交错使用,营造出一种跌宕起伏的阅读节奏,让人无法抗拒地想要一口气读到最后。这种叙事节奏的把握,充分体现了作者深厚的文字功底,绝非一般科普作者所能企及。这本书的魅力就在于,它让你在学习新知的同时,体验到文字本身所能带来的纯粹的愉悦感,它让原本可能枯燥的知识点,焕发出一种近乎诗歌般的美感。
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