Climbing Mount Improbable - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393354089ISBN-10:393354083UPC:9780393354089Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Reference, Life SciencesBook Topic:Biology, EvolutionSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.65Product ID:SCTF762VR6
The metaphor of Mount Improbable represents the combination of perfection and improbability that is epitomized in the seemingly "designed" complexity of living things. Dawkins skillfully guides the reader on a breathtaking journey through the mountain's passes and up its many peaks to demonstrate that following the improbable path to perfection takes time. Evocative illustrations accompany Dawkins's eloquent descriptions of extraordinary adaptations such as the teeming populations of figs, the intricate silken world of spiders, and the evolution of wings on the bodies of flightless animals. And through it all runs the thread of DNA, the molecule of life, responsible for its own destiny on an unending pilgrimage through time.
Climbing Mount Improbable is a book of great impact and skill, written by the most prominent Darwinian of our age.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393354089ISBN-10:393354083UPC:9780393354089Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Reference, Life SciencesBook Topic:Biology, EvolutionSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.65Product ID:SCTF762VR6
Dawkins, Richard: - Richard Dawkins is the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and is the author of The Selfish Gene, Climbing Mount Improbable, and many other books.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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