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Climbing mount improbable

In this book, Richard Dawkins urges us to put aside superstitions and wake up to a universe far more wondrous than those in any myths, by describing the difference between accident and design in evolution.

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  • "Climbing Mount Improbable"@it
  • "Climbing mount improbable"@pl

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  • "In this book, Richard Dawkins urges us to put aside superstitions and wake up to a universe far more wondrous than those in any myths, by describing the difference between accident and design in evolution."@en
  • "Wie bereits in früheren Büchern (BA 12/87, 12/94, 12/96) befaßt sich der Autor mit Themen der Evolution auf der Grundlage der von Darwin entwickelten Erkenntnisse. Dawkins veranschaulicht die weitgehend rätselhafte Dynamik der Entwicklung des Lebens im Wechselspiel von Mutation und Selektion, von egoistischem Eigeninteresse und altruistischer Selbstbeschränkung der Organismen, - eine Dynamik, die sich häufig rationalistischer Logik entzieht, weil die großen Zeitdimensionen menschliches Vorstellungsvermögen übersteigt. An Hand detaillierter Fakten belegt er, daß äußerst komplexe und raffinierte Evolutionsleistungen nicht das Ergebnis kalkulierter Planung und Berechnung sind, sondern daß sie wahrscheinlich ohne gestaltete Absicht zu stande kommen. Das Buch hat nicht mehr die aktuelle Brisanz seines weithin bekannten und aufsehenerregenden Titels "Das egoistische Gen" (BA 12/94), es überzeugt aber wieder auf Grund seiner biologisch fundierten, schlüssigen Argumentationsweise und seiner methaphernreichen, stilistisch effektvollen Darstellung. - Für viele Bibliotheken. (2)"
  • "How do species evolve? Richard Dawkins, one of the world's most eminent zoologists, likens the process to scaling a huge, Himalaya-size peak, the Mount Improbable of his title. An alpinist does not leap from sea level to the summit; neither does a species utterly change forms overnight, but instead follows a course of "slow, cumulative, one-step-at-a-time, non-random survival of random variants"--A course that Charles Darwin, Dawkins's great hero, called natural selection. Illustrating his arguments with case studies from the natural world, such as the evolution of the eye and the lung, and the coevolution of certain kinds of figs and wasps, Dawkins provides a vigorous, entertaining defense of key Darwinian ideas."
  • "Beschrijving van de opvattingen van de auteur over evolutietheorie, waarbij als hoofdthema dient de voorwaarde van eeuwige opwaartse ontwikkeling."
  • "The metaphor of Mount Improbable represents the combination of perfection and improbability that is epitomized in the seemingly "designed" complexity of living things. Dawkins skillfully guides the reader on a breathtaking journey through the mountain's passes and up its many peaks to demonstrate that following the improbable path to perfection takes time. Evocative illustrations accompany Dawkins's eloquent descriptions of extraordinary adaptations such as the teeming populations of figs, the intricate silken world of spiders, and the evolution of wings on the bodies of flightless animals. And through it all runs the thread of DNA, the molecule of life, responsible for its own destiny on an unending pilgrimage through time. Climbing Mount Improbable is a book of great impact and skill, written by the most prominent Darwinian of our age. - Publisher."@en
  • "Arguing that the perfection of the human body is the result of improbable mutation, a prominent Darwinian uses the metaphor of climbing a mountain to illustrate how natural perfection is due to the unending journey of DNA through time."

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  • "Gipfel des Unwahrscheinlichen : Wunder der Evolution"
  • "Wspinaczka na szczyt nieprawdopodobieństwa"@pl
  • "Het toppunt van onwaarschijnlijkheid"
  • "A escalada do monte improvável uma defesa da teoria da evolução"@pt
  • "A Escalada do monte improvável : uma defesa da teoria da evolução"@pt
  • "Climbing mount improbable"
  • "Climbing mount improbable"@en
  • "Escalando el monte improbable"
  • "Climbing Mount Improbable"
  • "Climbing Mount Improbable"@en
  • "ha-Ṭipus ʻah ha-har ha-bilti-savir : masaʼ be-orḥot ha-evulutsyah"
  • "Escalando el monte Improbable"@es
  • "Olasılıksızlık dağına tırmanmak = Climbing mount improbable"@tr
  • "A escalada do monte improvável : uma defesa da teoria da evolução"@pt
  • "Alla conquista del Monte Improbabile : l'incredibile avventura dell'evoluzione"@it
  • "Alla conquista del Monte Improbabile : l'incredibile avventura dell'evoluzione"

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