理查德•道金斯(Richard Dawkins),1941年3月26日生,英國皇傢科學院院士,牛津大學教授,著名科普作傢,生物學傢。2001年當選為英國皇傢學會院士。2005年英國《前景》雜誌會同美國《外交政策》雜誌網絡調查,評選齣在世的全球100名最有影響力的公共知識分子之一。他是英國最重要的科學作傢,幾乎每本書都是暢銷書,並經常在各大媒體引起轟動。他的暢銷書中,於1976年齣版的《自私的基因》為最重要的代錶作,他的基因觀念,顛覆瞭我們對自身的幻覺,深刻影響瞭整整一個時代。
With this tremendous follow-up to his blockbuster The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins takesadvocates of intelligent design by the scruff of the neck and unfolds the evidence for evolution with characteristicpanache.In 2008, a gallup poll showed that 44% of Americans polled believed God had created man in his present form within the last 10,000 years. In a PewForum poll in the same year, 42% of those polled believed that all life on earth has existed in its present form since the beginning of time. In this environment, inwhichCreationism is being taught in schools and educators are being asked to ''teach the controversy'' behind evolution, a delightfully exasperated Dawkins has decided totell us how it all really works. In visceral, crystalline prose, Dawkins sets up each creationist objection to evolutionand takes it to task,bit by bitdestroying the idea that the natural worldneeded an intelligent designer.But this is more than an argument.Thisis a thrilling tourinto our distant past and into the interstices of all life on earth. Taking us through the case for evolution step-by-step, Dawkins looks at DNA, selective breeding, anatomical similarity, molecular family trees, geography, fossils vestiges and imperfections, the stages of human evolution, and theformula for a strong scientific theory -- tearing down the Intelligent Design theory in the process. This will be the last word in the evolution debate, and it will add the legions of God Delusion readersto the already science-hungry audience who bought the latest Steven Pinkeror devoured Bill Bryson’s The History of Nearly Everything. The God Delusion stimulated, even set the terms of, one of the world’s most vigorous public debates: the question of God’sexistence. The Greatest Show on Earth will provide readers with the tools to join this vital debate effectively.And Dawkins’ infectious passion for the world’s beauty will convert all but the most doctrinaire creationists.
可能是阅读倾向的问题,对我来说这本书相比《自私的基因》可读性要高的多——虽然是接近30W字的长篇幅科普读物,读起来却非常顺畅,连作者的零星的幽默感我也很好的get√了。 个人觉得良好的阅读感不光来自作者成熟的写作风格,更多是得益于作者良好的逻辑思维能力,在对神创论...
評分道金斯的书真是科普啊,讲了年轮测年法,放射性元素测年法(以前不明白起始条件,另外还有放射性元素是按照一个固定的概率,多长时间多少百分比的,现在的问题是放射性元素为什么会是这样一种行为模式)。 还有同样的DNA是怎么让分裂出来的每个细胞表现出不同的形态而构成整个...
評分在无神论的教育下长大的我们也许听到这个数字会感到惊讶:原来美国仍有超过40%的人相信地球上的生物包括人类是上帝创造,而达尔文的进化论根本是无稽之谈! 也许你会嘲笑这些愚昧的上帝的子民。换个角度,你是否想过我们毫无保留的接受了进化论,正像我们接受了很多普世理论和...
評分Dawkins 确实是一位学识深厚的科学家,书中提供了极丰富的案例,实验和分析,读起来非常有趣。而让我有些意外的是他对编程也不是门外汉,在第二章中提到的几个进化模拟程序 biomorphs,conchomorphs 和arthromorphs都是很有意思的东西,网上能搜到互动版本动手玩,我自己也impl...
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