A review by daumari
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins

4.0

Dawkins presents the very compelling evidence for evolution and its existence in this book, from biogeography to the shared language of DNA among all living organisms. Fossils are a nice bonus. This book is both a rebuttal to the (as of 2008) 44 % of Americans who believe species have remained in their present forms since 10k years ago and a celebration of the anniversaries of Charles Darwin's birthday and Origin's publication (200 and 150 respectively). The first examples are of artificial selection as a transition into discussion, and that is an excellent introductory point to begin. By the end we're discussing the commonality of DNA amongst carbon-based life forms (which is to say all life as we know it) and debunking people who assume the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics disproves evolution. Dawkins does get snarky which may be off putting to some readers, though.