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River Out Of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life First Edition
Author(s): Richard Dawkins (Author), Lalla Ward (Illustrator)
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Publication Date: 8 May 1995
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 172 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780297815402
- ISBN-13: 9780297815402
Book Description
The information system contained in DNA is so powerful and so elegant that it far outstrips anything that has been invented by way of computers. Dawkin’s description of it aims to bring out the inspirational quality of our understanding of Darwinian life. The “river” of the title is the river of information carried through time in DNA, flowing and branching like a real river, and giving rise to new species as it does so. This book provides an explanation of the process of evolution, as illuminated by the theory of Darwinian natural selection.
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About the Author
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).
