Climbing Mount Improbable, Paperback
Descriere
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.
Despre autor
Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL este un eminent etolog britanic, biolog evoluționist și autor. Profesor la Catedra pentru Popularizarea Științei „Charles Simonyi” din cadrul Universității Oxford, din anul 1995 până în anul 2008, în prezent se află în fruntea Fundației Richard Dawkins pentru Rațiune și Știință.
