"Ingenious stories in the service of deep natural history."--
Kirkus Reviews "Astute. . . . The author's talent for rendering complex concepts in lucid prose remains intact."--
Publishers Weekly "Overflowing with the beauty of nature, the beauty of language, and the beauty of ideas."--Steven Pinker, author of
Rationality and
Enlightenment Now "Dazzling in originality and scope, with beautiful illustrations, this is a wonderful celebration of the power of natural selection. Richard Dawkins reveals with brilliant clarity the imprint on organisms of their evolutionary past."--Nick Davies, author of
Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature "Once again, Richard Dawkins asks us to look at the living world in a totally novel way: Every organism carries, in its genes, a record of the past environments in which its ancestors survived. This brilliant new way of interpreting nature opens our eyes to both the past and the future."--John R. Krebs, author of
Food: A Very Short Introduction and coauthor of
An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology "Written with typical verve and panache, Richard Dawkins's
The Genetic Book of the Dead makes a brilliant contribution to the public understanding of evolution using our most up-to-date understanding of genetics. It will enthrall, surprise, and challenge you. Read it!"--Jerry A. Coyne, author of
Why Evolution Is True and
Faith Versus Fact "Richard Dawkins is the most accomplished science communicator of the past half century, and this book is a masterpiece of popular science writing."--Tim Coulson, author of
The Science of Why We Exist "This book is a summation of the ideas of the author who brought us 'memes' and 'selfish genes.' Richard Dawkins's lucid prose will change the way you think about your evolutionary past."--David Haig, author of
From Darwin to Derrida: Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life "The ingenuity of evolution is infinite, a fact that fascinates Richard Dawkins as much as it fascinated Charles Darwin. Inside each organism he finds rich palimpsests chronicling the history of life itself."--Matt Ridley, author of
The Evolution of Everything and
How Innovation Works "The deployment of the conceit of genes looking backward in time is clever and well done. A piece of vivid popular science."--Stephen Stearns, coauthor of
Evolution: An Introduction 
