Richard Dawkins – The Greatest Show on Earth – Penguin Books

Das 21. Jahrhundert: Religiöse Gegner der Evolutionstheorie ziehen in den Kampf - Dawkins hält dagegen und präsentiert die unwiderlegbaren Beweise für Darwins Theorien. Nach dem Riesenerfolg von 'The God Delusion' führt Dawkins die aufgeheizte Debatte zwischen Wissenschaft und Religion in eine weitere Runde. Charles Darwin's masterpiece, "On the Origin of Species" , shook society to its core on publication in 1859. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke but he would surely have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging a century and a half later. Evolution is accepted as scientific fact by all reputable scientists and indeed theologians, yet millions of people continue to question its veracity. In "The Greatest Show on Earth" Richard Dawkins takes on creationists, including followers of 'Intelligent Design' and all those who question the fact of evolution through natural selection. Like a detective arriving on the scene of a cri