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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300278098
ISBN-13
9780300278095
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4066408058
Product Key Features
Book Title
Genetic Book of the Dead : a Darwinian Reverie
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Virology, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics
Publication Year
2024
Illustrator
Lenzova, Jana, Yes
Genre
Science
Format
Hardcover
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9.6 in
Item Width
6.1 in
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2024-930182
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"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."--Nick Davies, author of Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature "Once again, Richard Dawkins asks us to look at the living world in a totally novel way: Every organism carries, in its genes, a record of the past environments in which its ancestors survived. This brilliant new way of interpreting nature opens our eyes to both the past and the future."--John R. Krebs, author of Food: A Very Short Introduction and coauthor of An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology "Written with typical verve and panache, Richard Dawkins's The Genetic Book of the Dead makes a brilliant contribution to the public understanding of evolution using our most up-to-date understanding of genetics. It will enthrall, surprise, and challenge you. Read it!"--Jerry A. Coyne, author of Why Evolution Is True and Faith Versus Fact "This stunning book is a masterpiece of popular science writing. A truly wonderful and inspiring read."--Tim Coulson, author of The Science of Why We Exist "This book is a summation of the ideas of the author who brought us 'memes' and 'selfish genes.' Richard Dawkins's lucid prose will change the way you think about your evolutionary past."--David Haig, author of From Darwin to Derrida: Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life "The ingenuity of evolution is infinite, a fact that fascinates Richard Dawkins as much as it fascinated Charles Darwin. Inside each organism he finds rich palimpsests chronicling the history of life itself."--Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything and How Innovation Works "The deployment of the conceit of genes looking backward in time is clever and well done. A piece of vivid popular science."--Stephen Stearns, coauthor of Evolution: An Introduction, "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."--Nick Davies, author of Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature "Once again, Richard Dawkins asks us to look at the living world in a totally novel way: Every organism carries, in its genes, a record of the past environments in which its ancestors survived. This brilliant new way of interpreting nature opens our eyes to both the past and the future."--John R. Krebs, author of Food: A Very Short Introduction and coauthor of An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology "Written with typical verve and panache, Richard Dawkins's The Genetic Book of the Dead makes a brilliant contribution to the public understanding of evolution using our most up-to-date understanding of genetics. It will enthrall, surprise, and challenge you. Read it!"--Jerry A. Coyne, author of Why Evolution Is True and Faith Versus Fact "This stunning book is a masterpiece of popular science writing. A truly wonderful and inspiring read."--Tim Coulson, author of The Science of Why We Exist "This book is a summation of the ideas of the author who brought us 'memes' and 'selfish genes.' Richard Dawkins's lucid prose will change the way you think about your evolutionary past."--David Haig, author of From Darwin to Derrida: Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life "The ingenuity of evolution is infinite, a fact that fascinates Richard Dawkins as much it fascinated Charles Darwin. Inside each organism he finds rich palimpsests chronicling the history of life itself."--Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything and How Innovation Works "The deployment of the conceit of genes looking backward in time is clever and well done. A piece of vivid popular science."--Stephen Stearns, coauthor of Evolution: An Introduction, "Intellectually sparkling and beautifully crafted."--Adrian Woolfson, Wall Street Journal "Richard Dawkins's new book is a glorious affair. Profusely illustrated in color by Jana Lenzová, it is arguably his most joyous ode to the wonders that evolution has wrought in the animal world."--Philip Ball, Science "Ingenious stories in the service of deep natural history."-- Kirkus Reviews "Astute. . . . The author's talent for rendering complex concepts in lucid prose remains intact."-- Publishers Weekly "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."--Nick Davies, author of Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature "Once again, Richard Dawkins asks us to look at the living world in a totally novel way: Every organism carries, in its genes, a record of the past environments in which its ancestors survived. This brilliant new way of interpreting nature opens our eyes to both the past and the future."--John R. Krebs, author of Food: A Very Short Introduction and coauthor of An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology "Written with typical verve and panache, Richard Dawkins's The Genetic Book of the Dead makes a brilliant contribution to the public understanding of evolution using our most up-to-date understanding of genetics. It will enthrall, surprise, and challenge you. Read it!"--Jerry A. Coyne, author of Why Evolution Is True and Faith Versus Fact "Richard Dawkins is the most accomplished science communicator of the past half century, and this book is a masterpiece of popular science writing."--Tim Coulson, author of The Science of Why We Exist "This book is a summation of the ideas of the author who brought us 'memes' and 'selfish genes.' Richard Dawkins's lucid prose will change the way you think about your evolutionary past."--David Haig, author of From Darwin to Derrida: Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life "The ingenuity of evolution is infinite, a fact that fascinates Richard Dawkins as much as it fascinated Charles Darwin. Inside each organism he finds rich palimpsests chronicling the history of life itself."--Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything and How Innovation Works "The deployment of the conceit of genes looking backward in time is clever and well done. A piece of vivid popular science."--Stephen Stearns, coauthor of Evolution: An Introduction, "Intellectually sparkling and beautifully crafted."--Adrian Woolfson, Wall Street Journal "A joyful celebration. . . . [Dawkins''s] ability to tell the glorious tale of evolution in action remains unrivalled."--Clive Cookson, Financial Times "Though Dr Dawkins''s topic is unchanging, his approach is always fresh. . . . The world needs public intellectuals who are willing to tell it, politely but persuasively, how it is. Dr Dawkins has long been happy to challenge his readers'' orthodoxies."-- The Economist "Richard Dawkins''s lovely new book is an old-fashioned miscellany of . . . zoological surprises. . . . Dawkins''s true aim, the literary evocation of wonder at the vast and improbable grandeur of nature, is consistently achieved."--Steven Poole, The Telegraph "Richard Dawkins''s new book is a glorious affair. Profusely illustrated in color by Jana Lenzová, it is arguably his most joyous ode to the wonders that evolution has wrought in the animal world."--Philip Ball, Science "This is an Attenborough-esque romp through some of the wonders of the natural world, reprising some of Dawkins''s greatest hits."-- New Scientist "Dawkins is without doubt the most eminent evolutionary theorist, and one of the most effective science communicators, of our age."--Tim Flannery, New Statesman "[An] illuminating deep dive into genes, bodies and Darwinian natural selection. Highly readable and brilliantly illustrated."-- iNews , "Best New Books to Read in October 2024" "Ingenious stories in the service of deep natural history."-- Kirkus Reviews "Astute. . . . The author''s talent for rendering complex concepts in lucid prose remains intact."-- Publishers Weekly "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."--Nick Davies, author of Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature "Once again, Richard Dawkins asks us to look at the living world in a totally novel way: Every organism carries, in its genes, a record of the past environments in which its ancestors survived. This brilliant new way of interpreting nature opens our eyes to both the past and the future."--John R. Krebs, author of Food: A Very Short Introduction and coauthor of An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology "Written with typical verve and panache, Richard Dawkins''s The Genetic Book of the Dead makes a brilliant contribution to the public understanding of evolution using our most up-to-date understanding of genetics. It will enthrall, surprise, and challenge you. Read it!"--Jerry A. Coyne, author of Why Evolution Is True and Faith Versus Fact "Richard Dawkins is the most accomplished science communicator of the past half century, and this book is a masterpiece of popular science writing."--Tim Coulson, author of The Science of Why We Exist "This book is a summation of the ideas of the author who brought us ''memes'' and ''selfish genes.'' Richard Dawkins''s lucid prose will change the way you think about your evolutionary past."--David Haig, author of From Darwin to Derrida: Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life "The ingenuity of evolution is infinite, a fact that fascinates Richard Dawkins as much as it fascinated Charles Darwin. Inside each organism he finds rich palimpsests chronicling the history of life itself."--Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything and How Innovation Works "The deployment of the conceit of genes looking backward in time is clever and well done. A piece of vivid popular science."--Stephen Stearns, coauthor of Evolution: An Introduction, "Intellectually sparkling and beautifully crafted."--Adrian Woolfson, Wall Street Journal "A joyful celebration. . . . [Dawkins''s] ability to tell the glorious tale of evolution in action remains unrivalled."--Clive Cookson, Financial Times "Richard Dawkins''s lovely new book is an old-fashioned miscellany of . . . zoological surprises. . . . Dawkins''s true aim, the literary evocation of wonder at the vast and improbable grandeur of nature, is consistently achieved."--Steven Poole, The Telegraph "Richard Dawkins''s new book is a glorious affair. Profusely illustrated in color by Jana Lenzová, it is arguably his most joyous ode to the wonders that evolution has wrought in the animal world."--Philip Ball, Science "This is an Attenborough-esque romp through some of the wonders of the natural world, reprising some of Dawkins''s greatest hits."-- New Scientist "Dawkins is without doubt the most eminent evolutionary theorist, and one of the most effective science communicators, of our age."--Tim Flannery, New Statesman "[An] illuminating deep dive into genes, bodies and Darwinian natural selection. Highly readable and brilliantly illustrated."-- iNews , "Best New Books to Read in October 2024" "Ingenious stories in the service of deep natural history."-- Kirkus Reviews "Astute. . . . The author''s talent for rendering complex concepts in lucid prose remains intact."-- Publishers Weekly "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."--Nick Davies, author of Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature "Once again, Richard Dawkins asks us to look at the living world in a totally novel way: Every organism carries, in its genes, a record of the past environments in which its ancestors survived. This brilliant new way of interpreting nature opens our eyes to both the past and the future."--John R. Krebs, author of Food: A Very Short Introduction and coauthor of An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology "Written with typical verve and panache, Richard Dawkins''s The Genetic Book of the Dead makes a brilliant contribution to the public understanding of evolution using our most up-to-date understanding of genetics. It will enthrall, surprise, and challenge you. Read it!"--Jerry A. Coyne, author of Why Evolution Is True and Faith Versus Fact "Richard Dawkins is the most accomplished science communicator of the past half century, and this book is a masterpiece of popular science writing."--Tim Coulson, author of The Science of Why We Exist "This book is a summation of the ideas of the author who brought us ''memes'' and ''selfish genes.'' Richard Dawkins''s lucid prose will change the way you think about your evolutionary past."--David Haig, author of From Darwin to Derrida: Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life "The ingenuity of evolution is infinite, a fact that fascinates Richard Dawkins as much as it fascinated Charles Darwin. Inside each organism he finds rich palimpsests chronicling the history of life itself."--Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything and How Innovation Works "The deployment of the conceit of genes looking backward in time is clever and well done. A piece of vivid popular science."--Stephen Stearns, coauthor of Evolution: An Introduction, "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."--Nick Davies, author of Cuckoo: Cheating By Nature "Once again, Richard Dawkins asks us to look at the living world in a totally novel way: Every organism carries, in its genes, a record of the past environments in which its ancestors survived. This brilliant new way of interpreting nature opens our eyes to both the past and the future."--John R. Krebs, author of Food: A Very Short Introduction and coauthor, An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology "Written with typical verve and panache, Richard Dawkins's The Genetic Book of the Dead makes a brilliant contribution to the public understanding of evolution using our most up-to-date understanding of genetics. It will enthrall, surprise, and challenge you. Read it!"--Jerry A. Coyne, author of Why Evolution is True and Faith Versus Fact "This book is a summation of the ideas of the author who brought us 'memes' and 'selfish genes.' Richard Dawkins's lucid prose will change the way you think about your evolutionary past."--David Haig, author of From Darwin to Derrida: Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life, "Ingenious stories in the service of deep natural history."-- Kirkus Reviews "Astute. . . . The author's talent for rendering complex concepts in lucid prose remains intact."-- Publishers Weekly "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."--Nick Davies, author of Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature "Once again, Richard Dawkins asks us to look at the living world in a totally novel way: Every organism carries, in its genes, a record of the past environments in which its ancestors survived. This brilliant new way of interpreting nature opens our eyes to both the past and the future."--John R. Krebs, author of Food: A Very Short Introduction and coauthor of An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology "Written with typical verve and panache, Richard Dawkins's The Genetic Book of the Dead makes a brilliant contribution to the public understanding of evolution using our most up-to-date understanding of genetics. It will enthrall, surprise, and challenge you. Read it!"--Jerry A. Coyne, author of Why Evolution Is True and Faith Versus Fact "Richard Dawkins is the most accomplished science communicator of the past half century, and this book is a masterpiece of popular science writing."--Tim Coulson, author of The Science of Why We Exist "This book is a summation of the ideas of the author who brought us 'memes' and 'selfish genes.' Richard Dawkins's lucid prose will change the way you think about your evolutionary past."--David Haig, author of From Darwin to Derrida: Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life "The ingenuity of evolution is infinite, a fact that fascinates Richard Dawkins as much as it fascinated Charles Darwin. Inside each organism he finds rich palimpsests chronicling the history of life itself."--Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything and How Innovation Works "The deployment of the conceit of genes looking backward in time is clever and well done. A piece of vivid popular science."--Stephen Stearns, coauthor of Evolution: An Introduction, "Ingenious stories in the service of deep natural history."-- Kirkus Reviews "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."--Nick Davies, author of Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature "Once again, Richard Dawkins asks us to look at the living world in a totally novel way: Every organism carries, in its genes, a record of the past environments in which its ancestors survived. This brilliant new way of interpreting nature opens our eyes to both the past and the future."--John R. Krebs, author of Food: A Very Short Introduction and coauthor of An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology "Written with typical verve and panache, Richard Dawkins's The Genetic Book of the Dead makes a brilliant contribution to the public understanding of evolution using our most up-to-date understanding of genetics. It will enthrall, surprise, and challenge you. Read it!"--Jerry A. Coyne, author of Why Evolution Is True and Faith Versus Fact "Richard Dawkins is the most accomplished science communicator of the past half century, and this book is a masterpiece of popular science writing."--Tim Coulson, author of The Science of Why We Exist "This book is a summation of the ideas of the author who brought us 'memes' and 'selfish genes.' Richard Dawkins's lucid prose will change the way you think about your evolutionary past."--David Haig, author of From Darwin to Derrida: Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life "The ingenuity of evolution is infinite, a fact that fascinates Richard Dawkins as much as it fascinated Charles Darwin. Inside each organism he finds rich palimpsests chronicling the history of life itself."--Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything and How Innovation Works "The deployment of the conceit of genes looking backward in time is clever and well done. A piece of vivid popular science."--Stephen Stearns, coauthor of Evolution: An Introduction, "Richard Dawkins's new book is a glorious affair. Profusely illustrated in color by Jana Lenzová, it is arguably his most joyous ode to the wonders that evolution has wrought in the animal world."--Philip Ball, Science "Ingenious stories in the service of deep natural history."-- Kirkus Reviews "Astute. . . . The author's talent for rendering complex concepts in lucid prose remains intact."-- Publishers Weekly "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."--Nick Davies, author of Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature "Once again, Richard Dawkins asks us to look at the living world in a totally novel way: Every organism carries, in its genes, a record of the past environments in which its ancestors survived. This brilliant new way of interpreting nature opens our eyes to both the past and the future."--John R. Krebs, author of Food: A Very Short Introduction and coauthor of An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology "Written with typical verve and panache, Richard Dawkins's The Genetic Book of the Dead makes a brilliant contribution to the public understanding of evolution using our most up-to-date understanding of genetics. It will enthrall, surprise, and challenge you. Read it!"--Jerry A. Coyne, author of Why Evolution Is True and Faith Versus Fact "Richard Dawkins is the most accomplished science communicator of the past half century, and this book is a masterpiece of popular science writing."--Tim Coulson, author of The Science of Why We Exist "This book is a summation of the ideas of the author who brought us 'memes' and 'selfish genes.' Richard Dawkins's lucid prose will change the way you think about your evolutionary past."--David Haig, author of From Darwin to Derrida: Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life "The ingenuity of evolution is infinite, a fact that fascinates Richard Dawkins as much as it fascinated Charles Darwin. Inside each organism he finds rich palimpsests chronicling the history of life itself."--Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything and How Innovation Works "The deployment of the conceit of genes looking backward in time is clever and well done. A piece of vivid popular science."--Stephen Stearns, coauthor of Evolution: An Introduction
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From a renowned biologist and best-selling author, a whole new way of looking at living organisms: reading them as documents describing ancient worlds A Financial Times Best Book of 2024: Science * Named Science Book of the Year by Times (UK) * A Guardian Best Ideas Book of 2024 "Intellectually sparkling and beautifully crafted."--Adrian Woolfson, Wall Street Journal "A glorious affair. . . . Arguably [Dawkins's] most joyous ode to the wonders that evolution has wrought in the animal world."--Philip Ball, Science An exquisitely camouflaged lizard has a desiccated landscape of sand and stones "painted" on its back. Its skin can be read as a description of an ancient desert, a world in which its ancestors survived. Such descriptions are more than skin deep, however. They penetrate the very warp and woof of the entire animal. In this groundbreaking exploration of the power of Darwinian evolution and what it can reveal about the past, Richard Dawkins shows how the body, behavior, and genes of every living creature can be read as a book--an archive of the worlds of its ancestors. In the future, a zoologist presented with a hitherto unknown animal will be able to decode its ancestral history, to read its unique "book of the dead." Such readings are already uncovering the remarkable ways animals overcome obstacles, adapt to their environments, and, again and again, develop remarkably similar ways of solving life's problems. From the author of The Selfish Gene comes a revolutionary, richly illustrated book that unlocks the door to a past more vivid, nuanced, and fascinating than anything we have seen., From a renowned biologist and best-selling author, a whole new way of looking at living organisms: reading them as documents describing ancient worlds A Financial Times Best Book of 2024: Science - Named Science Book of the Year by Times (UK) - A Guardian Best Ideas Book of 2024 "Intellectually sparkling and beautifully crafted."--Adrian Woolfson, Wall Street Journal "A glorious affair. . . . Arguably [Dawkins's] most joyous ode to the wonders that evolution has wrought in the animal world."--Philip Ball, Science An exquisitely camouflaged lizard has a desiccated landscape of sand and stones "painted" on its back. Its skin can be read as a description of an ancient desert, a world in which its ancestors survived. Such descriptions are more than skin deep, however. They penetrate the very warp and woof of the entire animal. In this groundbreaking exploration of the power of Darwinian evolution and what it can reveal about the past, Richard Dawkins shows how the body, behavior, and genes of every living creature can be read as a book--an archive of the worlds of its ancestors. In the future, a zoologist presented with a hitherto unknown animal will be able to decode its ancestral history, to read its unique "book of the dead." Such readings are already uncovering the remarkable ways animals overcome obstacles, adapt to their environments, and, again and again, develop remarkably similar ways of solving life's problems. From the author of The Selfish Gene comes a revolutionary, richly illustrated book that unlocks the door to a past more vivid, nuanced, and fascinating than anything we have seen., From a renowned biologist and best-selling author, a whole new way of looking at living organisms: reading them as documents describing ancient worlds
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QH390.D384 2024
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