Dawkins, Richard — Climbing Mount Improbable

Viking, London, 1996. First Edition, Softcover, Illustrated by: Lalla Ward. Good Condition. 9780670850181 Climbing Mount Improbable is a 1996 popular science book by Richard Dawkins. The book is about probability and how it applies to the theory of evolution. It is designed to debunk claims by creationists about the probability of naturalistic mechanisms like natural selection. The main metaphorical treatment is of a geographical landscape upon which evolution can ascend only gradually and cannot climb cliffs (that is known as an adaptive landscape). In the book, Dawkins gives ideas about a seemingly complex mechanism coming about from many gradual steps that were previously unseen. First Thus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi + 308. No Dust Jacket as published. White titles spine & front. Light bumping to outer corners. illustrated by b/w. drawings & photo's.. Includes bibliography & index. Illustrator: Lalla Ward. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; Biology; Evolution; Natural Selection; Social Biology. ISBN: 0670850187. ISBN/EAN: 9780670850181. Inventory No: 5062.