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"Currently re-reading. Dawkins has said that his latest book, “the genetic book of the dead” is a kind of sequel to this book.
I re-read TSG every few years or so. I do this for a few reasons. It is easily one of the finest pieces of science writing in the field. It is still entirely relevant. It is a wonderful explanation of evolution. And it is the book that caused my pivot to biology in college." — Mar 11, 2025 03:24AM
"Currently re-reading. Dawkins has said that his latest book, “the genetic book of the dead” is a kind of sequel to this book.
I re-read TSG every few years or so. I do this for a few reasons. It is easily one of the finest pieces of science writing in the field. It is still entirely relevant. It is a wonderful explanation of evolution. And it is the book that caused my pivot to biology in college." — Mar 11, 2025 03:24AM
“In this manner had fought forgotten ancestors. They quickened the old life within him, the old tricks which they had stamped into the heredity of the breed were his tricks... And when, on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors, dead and dust, pointing nose at star and howling down through the centuries and through him.”
― The Call of the Wild
― The Call of the Wild
“The stupid, smug whims of one unworthy man had left fingerprints on history that weren’t likely to be erased.”
― Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi
― Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi
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