River Out of Eden, 9781780226897
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DNA’s river flows: Evolution’s secrets revealed in a byte-sized universe.

River Out of Eden

A Darwinian View of Life

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    11 May 2015

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Summary

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 Adams

The 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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781780226897
ISBN-10:1780226896
Author:Richard Dawkins, Prof Richard Dawkins
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:11 May 2015
Weight:198g
Dimensions:194mm x 128mm x 20mm
Series:Science Masters
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Critics Review

He writes with clarity, grace and intense intellectual excitement, making RIVER OUT OF EDEN a model of simplicity and power

Dawkins has an enviable gift. He can write books that are fun to read, yet which present fundamental ideas clearly - INDEPENDENT

Dawkins is a brilliant communicator, he demonstrates most convincingly that nature is neither evil nor good, but blindly and pitilessly indifferent - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

About The Author

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist renowned throughout the world. He was educated at Oxford and taught zoology before becoming the first holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, in 1995. His previous books rank among the most influential intellectual works of our time. They include THE SELFISH GENE (1976), RIVER OUT OF EDEN (1995), and UNWEAVING THE RAINBOW (1999).

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