Name: River Out of Eden
ISBN: 9780465069903

Richard Dawkins

How did the replication bomb we call ”life” begin and where in the world, or rather, in the universe, is it heading? Writing with characteristic wit and an ability to clarify complex phenomena (the New York Times described his style as ”the sort of science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius”), Richard Dawkins confronts this ancient mystery.

A Darwinian View of Life

River Out of Eden

garima mamgain

This book definitely isn't an easy read. I found myself reading, re-reading and pondering on multiple concepts of human evolution thanks to the book. Having read many Richard Dawkins book, I did not find this book outstandingly novel in its concept. It is a good read for someone who is interested in a different take on life as a concept and wants to get introduced to Dawkins style of writing

Jasmine Tania

Karim Nas

I was mesmerized by Dawkins' book The Selfish Gene. It was really a paradigm-shifting book, at least for me.

River Out of Eden is more of a "pocket guide" for people who want to dwell more into Darwinian theories. Some of the examples and analogies are very good and clear.

If you are the kind of person who loves to get into "evolution vs creationism" debates, this one is definitely for you. Written in a true Dawkins-style directness, some of its part can be seriously opinionated.

Pierke Bosschieter

Christopher Wheeler

The Number One SUNDAY TIMES bestseller. A fascinating explanation of how evolution works, from bestselling author Richard Dawkins. The river of Dawkins's title is a river of DNA, flowing through time from the beginning of life on earth to the present - and onwards. Dawkins explains that DNA must be thought of as the most sophisticated information system imaginable: 'Life is just bytes and bytes of information,' he writes. Using this perspective, he describes the mechanisms by which evolution has taken place, gradually but inexorably, over a period of three thousand million years. It is the story of how evolution happens, rather than a narrative of what has actually happened in evolution. He discusses current views on the process of human evolution, including the idea that we all trace back to a comparatively recent African 'Eve', and speculates that the �information explosion' that was unleashed on Earth when DNA came into being has almost certainly happened in other places in the universe.

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