Series Overview
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Series Overview
As we approach the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the publication of
Charles Darwin's masterpiece,
On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins presents the ultimate guide to Darwin and his revolutionary
theory of evolution by natural selection which Dawkins considers the most important idea ever to occur to a human mind.
In this powerful three-part polemical series, Dawkins explains who
Charles Darwin was, how he developed his theory, what it is, and why it matters. He reveals how Darwin changed forever the way we see ourselves, the world and our place in it, and hopes to convince us that "evolution is a fact, backed by undeniable evidence".
According to recent polls four out of 10 British people still believe in God as the creator of the universe and everything in it. As a scientist, and Britain's best-known atheist, Dawkins believes that such people simply don't know enough about the evidence for Darwin's entirely natural explanation of life on Earth –
evolution.
