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The Genetic Book of the Dead
A Darwinian Reverie
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You've got a new book and it's called the genetic Book of the Dead how would you describe it it's aimed at the same audience as the selfish Gene that's to say as we were talking about earlier.
Steve Levitt · People I (Mostly) Admire · Aug 2024 Listen at 23:02 The best things said about it
And right now there's a book coming out called The Genetic Book of the Dead.
Neil deGrasse Tyson StarTalk Radio · Jun 2024 Why people recommend it
The Genetic Book of the Dead is a science book by Richard Dawkins and Jana Lenzová that explores how animal bodies act as archives of evolutionary history encoded within DNA. Steve Levitt discussed the publication with its author on the People I (Mostly) Admire podcast episode titled Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos. Levitt asked Dawkins to describe the core premise of his new book, confirming that it is intentionally aimed at the exact same broad audience that enjoyed The Selfish Gene. Similarly, Neil deGrasse Tyson brought up the release of the book during an episode of StarTalk Radio titled Neil deGrasse Tyson and Richard Dawkins Discuss Science, Religion & Evolution. Tyson introduced the freshly published work to his listening audience specifically to explore its scientific themes and evolutionary arguments. Across both podcast appearances, the book is framed as a major new contribution to popular science, continuing Dawkins's lifelong mission of making complex genetic concepts accessible and fascinating to the general public. The discussions emphasize how the volume builds upon foundational evolutionary theories to offer fresh insights into how modern organisms carry the biological history of their ancestors within their physical forms, bridging deep time with contemporary genetic science.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson And right now there's a book coming out called The Genetic Book of the Dead. 1
“And right now there's a book coming out called The Genetic Book of the Dead.”
Steve Levitt you've got a new book and it's called the genetic Book of the Dead how would you describe it it's aimed at… 1
“you've got a new book and it's called the genetic Book of the Dead how would you describe it it's aimed at the same audience as the selfish Gene that's to say as we were talking about earlier”
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“he's on a book tour right now for his newest book the genetic Book of the Dead you were in DC for that event”