Jemimah Barnett từ Yelpınar/Bayburt Province, Turkey

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05/03/2024

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2019-04-16 02:30

Giải Bài Tập Tự Nhiên Và Xã Hội Lớp 3 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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I read The Selfish Gene many years ago in my late teens (opening up a whole new world for my brain to play around in). I also saw him speak a few years back at a book reading event when 'The Devil's Chaplain' was released. I've always appreciated his clarity and enthusiasm though his rabid atheism pushed me away slightly (I'm not religious, agnostic probably fits best if I had to classify, but I feel those with a violent atheism often put as much naked belief and faith into the concept as the devoutly religious; it strikes as two sides of the same coin). Anyway, I picked this up to see how he's doing after all these years and as an update on my evolution education. Plus his promise to try and keep religion out of it made it more appealing. Though the subject matter is at times complex and detailed it should be easily within the realms of most intelligent readers, especially those motivated enough to look further into the topic. He manages to be very engaging and enthusiastic throughout, not just of evolution but for his general love of biology, sciences and mathematics in general and the world around us. It's infectious and I found myself reading excerpts out to my patiently listening partner. To start I found it a little too basic, with the many instances of him stating (and I'm paraphrasing), 'you don't need to know the details of this, just accept it is as I've told you'. Actually, I often wanted to know and a book about evidence shouldn't really shy away from presenting it to you (he mentions at one point the sizeable number of his fans who dislike his little diversions and anecdotes. I'm firmly one of those who enjoy them). However, I found myself rapidly being sucked into the compelling and beautifully laid out progression through the evidence. The new findings and case studies he highlights are frequently fascinating, nicely opening our eyes to the world around us. He maintains an appropriate level of humour throughout. Despite his early claim, there are many digs at creationist beliefs, though in my opinion, fairly. Sometimes the ludicrous nature of the conflicting beliefs need to be called out. Ultimately that is why this book is powerful. The appendix about the 'history-deniers' is unsettling and worrying. Common sense cannot be said to win through and complacency regarding what our future generations will be taught in schools could be disastrous. He may labour the point but I feel it needs labouring. Ultimately, though not perfect he presents the material in a clear and ordered manner, not leaving much in the room for disbelief. Sure, he's human and prone to whimsy but it makes what could be a very dry subject engaging, readable and accessible. My biggest worry is that the majority of people who should read this book never will. Following this, I would be quite keen on reading Jerry Coyne's 'Why evolution is true' which he mentions and praises a number of times throughout.

Người đọc Jemimah Barnett từ Yelpınar/Bayburt Province, Turkey

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.