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The Genetic Book of the Dead

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Description for The Genetic Book of the Dead Hardback.

From one of the world’s great science writers, a book that explores the deepest principles of evolutionary history.

In this groundbreaking new approach to the evolution of all life, Richard Dawkins shows how the body, behaviour, and genes of every living creature can be read as a book – an archive of the worlds of its ancestors. A perfectly camouflaged desert lizard has a desiccated landscape of sand and stones ‘painted’ on its back. Its skin can be read as a description of ancient deserts in which its ancestors survived – and, before that, of the worlds of its ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781804548080
SKU
9781804548080
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-4

About Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins is one of the world's most eminent writers and thinkers. He is the award-winning author of The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, The God Delusion, and a string of other bestselling science books. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Literature. Dawkins lives in Oxford. Jana Lenzová, born and ... Read more

Reviews for The Genetic Book of the Dead
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.
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Goodreads reviews for The Genetic Book of the Dead


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