An account of a revolution in our understanding of life's history, this book tells how three obscure British scientists completely changed our view of evolution by discovering a unique group of 530 million year-old creatures in the Burgess Shale fossil deposit in the Rockies.

One of the most brilliant scientists of our age gives us his definitive work: a synthesis of his comprehensive vision of life.

The Number One SUNDAY TIMES bestseller. A fascinating explanation of how evolution works, from bestselling author Richard Dawkins.

This text is a metaphor for the way individuals and unpredictable events influence history. In response history, suggests the author, is the best model for evolution. The author explores the science of improbable outcomes in this wide ranging book written on the evolutionary theme.

How could such an intricate object as the human eye - so complex and so precise - have come about by chance? This title builds a carefully reasoned argument for evolutionary adaptation as the force behind the various life forms on earth.

In 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the unlikely setting for one of the 20th century's most contentious dramas: the Scopes trial and the debate over science, religion and their place in public education. This work assesses the state of the battle between creationism and evolution, and points the way to how it might be resolved.