River Out of Eden

In River Out of Eden, Richard Dawkins gives a vivid and contemporary exposition of evolution. He uses the metaphor of a river to represent the flow of information through time by means of DNA to argue that species come into existence gradu

ally, by evolution, rather than being created by God.

‘Richard Dawkins, our most radical Darwinian thinker, is also our best science writer. He writes with clarity, grace and intense intellectual excitement, making River Out of Eden a model of simplicity and power’ –Douglas Adams

‘Dawkins writes beautifully and clearly, navigating you through subjects like genetics, that you may have despaired of ever understanding’ –Megan Tresidder. Guardian

‘Deserves to sell even more copies than Hawking’s book’ –John Gribbin, Sunday Times

‘This guy Dawkins writes about DNA like it was poetry… he makes it all make sense, even to arts grads’ – David Robinson, Scotsman

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