OverviewAfter transforming our view on God in The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins is back again with another bestseller at the New York Times, The Greatest Show on Earth. He revolutionises the way natural selection is seen by humans .SynopsisIn 1859, On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin shook the world on its core existence. Although Darwin was qute aware of the looming story his evolution theory would bring in, he must have not expected it to last over a century and a half later. Evolution as a concept is accepted by all the reputed theologians and scientists, making it a reputable scientific fact.Richard Dawkins goes head on into a word battle with creationists and other followers of the Intelligent Design in this book, The Greatest Show on Earth. The author takes on everybody who questions the concept of evolution through the process of natural selection.With all this the author strives to put together a cast-iron case. The book is detailed with the living examples of birds and natural selection amongst them, to the time clocks of trees to radioactive dating to the fossil record, and right on to the molecular truth of genetics and biology.
