{"product_id":"the-genetic-book-of-the-dead-richard-dawkins","title":"The Genetic Book of the Dead (Richard Dawkins)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e BEST IDEAS BOOKS OF 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eECONOMIST \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOKS OF 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOKS OF 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the world's great science writers, a book that explores the deepest principles of evolutionary history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this groundbreaking new approach to the evolution of all life, Richard Dawkins shows how the body, behaviour, and genes of every living creature can be read as a book - an archive of the worlds of its ancestors. A perfectly camouflaged desert lizard has a desiccated landscape of sand and stones 'painted' on its back. Its skin can be read as a description of ancient deserts in which its ancestors survived - and, before that, of the worlds of its more remote ancestors: a genetic book of the dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut such descriptions are more than skin-deep. The fine chisels of Darwinian natural selection carve their way through the very warp and woof of the body, into every biochemical nook and corner, into every cell of every living creature. A zoologist of the future, presented with a hitherto-unknown animal, will be able to reconstruct the worlds that shaped its ancestors, to read its unique 'book of the dead'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is filled with fascinating examples of the power of Darwinian natural selection to build exquisite perfection, paradoxically accompanied by what look like gross blunders. Along the way, Dawkins dismantles influential criticisms of the 'gene's-eye-view' of life. And, to end with a provocative sting in the tail, the author asks there is a sense in which all our 'own' genes can be seen as a gigantic colony of cooperating viruses?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Selfish Gene\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAncestor's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e comes a revolutionary, richly illustrated book that unlocks the door to an ancient past, seen through wholly new eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRichard Dawkins\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's most eminent writers and thinkers. He is the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Selfish Gene\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Watchmaker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe God Delusion\u003c\/i\u003e and a string of other bestselling science books, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Literature. Dawkins lives in Oxford.\n\u003cb\u003eJana Lenzová\u003c\/b\u003e born and raised in Bratislava, Slovakia, is an illustrator, translator and interpreter. After Jana had been commissioned to translate \u003ci\u003eThe God Delusion\u003c\/i\u003e by Richard Dawkins into Slovak, she began contributing to his books as an illustrator.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 416 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65778368282973,"sku":"K098047674","price":15.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9804767400001A.jpg?v=1788301120","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-genetic-book-of-the-dead-richard-dawkins","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}