GENETIC BK OF THE DEAD

"Richard Dawkins's new book is a glorious affair. Profusely illustrated in color by Jana Lenzová, it is arguably his most joyous ode to the wonders that evolution has wrought in the animal world."--Philip Ball, Science

"Ingenious stories in the service of deep natural history."--Kirkus Reviews

"Astute. . . . The author's talent for rendering complex concepts in lucid prose remains intact."--Publishers Weekly

"Overflowing with the beauty of nature, the beauty of language, and the beauty of ideas."--Steven Pinker, author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now

"Dazzling in originality and scope, with beautiful illustrations, this is a wonderful celebration of the power of natural selection. Richard Dawkins reveals with brilliant clarity the imprint on organisms of their evolutionary past."--Nick Davies, author of Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature

"Once again, Richard Dawkins asks us to look at the living world in a totally novel way: Every organism carries, in its genes, a record of the past environments in which its ancestors survived. This brilliant new way of interpreting nature opens our eyes to both the past and the future."--John R. Krebs, author of Food: A Very Short Introduction and coauthor of An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology

"Written with typical verve and panache, Richard Dawkins's The Genetic Book of the Dead makes a brilliant contribution to the public understanding of evolution using our most up-to-date understanding of genetics. It will enthrall, surprise, and challenge you. Read it!"--Jerry A. Coyne, author of Why Evolution Is True and Faith Versus Fact

"Richard Dawkins is the most accomplished science communicator of the past half century, and this book is a masterpiece of popular science writing."--Tim Coulson, author of The Science of Why We Exist

"This book is a summation of the ideas of the author who brought us 'memes' and 'selfish genes.' Richard Dawkins's lucid prose will change the way you think about your evolutionary past."--David Haig, author of From Darwin to Derrida: Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life

"The ingenuity of evolution is infinite, a fact that fascinates Richard Dawkins as much as it fascinated Charles Darwin. Inside each organism he finds rich palimpsests chronicling the history of life itself."--Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything and How Innovation Works

"The deployment of the conceit of genes looking backward in time is clever and well done. A piece of vivid popular science."--Stephen Stearns, coauthor of Evolution: An Introduction

Richard Dawkins was the inaugural Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. His numerous books include the best-selling The Selfish Gene, The God Delusion, and The Blind Watchmaker. He lives in Oxford, UK. Jana Lenzová is a translator and illustrator and is acclaimed for her work on Dawkins's Flights of Fancy. She lives in Oxford, UK.