The greatest show on Earth : the evidence for evolution /
Richard Dawkins.
- 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
- New York : Free Press, c2009.
- ix, 470 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-454) and index.
Only a theory? -- Dogs, cows, and cabbages -- The primrose path to macro-evolution -- Silence and slow time -- Before our very eyes -- Missing link? What do you mean, 'missing'? -- Missing persons? Missing no longer -- You did it yourself in nine months -- The ark of the continents -- The tree of cousinship -- History written all over us -- Arms races and 'evolutionary theodicy' -- There is grandeur in this view of life -- Appendix. The history-deniers.
Sifting through rich layers of scientific evidence, Dawkins' "The Greatest Show on Earth" is a stunning counterattack on advocates of "Intelligent Design," explaining the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist "argument."