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" WTF, Evolution?! : "
Mara Grunbaum.
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BL
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880929
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Grunbaum, Mara.
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WTF, Evolution?! : : a theory of unintelligible design /\ Mara Grunbaum.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Workman Publishing,, [2014]
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265 pages :: illustrations ;; 15 x 18 cm
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0761180346
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: 9780761180340
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-263).
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Awkward solutions -- Half-assed attempts -- Dark times -- Dirty jokes -- Questionable design -- Dreams and hallucinations -- The nose sessions -- Evolution : the final interview -- Appendix (an actually useful one).
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| Abstract
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Here to question the intelligence in intelligent design, WTF, Evolution!? features more than 100 of the most ridiculous-looking wacky creatures on earth, with accompanying hilarious commentary. We all have our off days. Why should Evolution be any different? Maybe Evolution got carried away with an idea that was just a little too crazy like having the Regal Horned Lizard defend itself by shooting three-foot streams of blood from its eyes. Or maybe Evolution ran out of steam (Memo to Evolution: The Irrawaddy Dolphin looks like a prototype that should have been left on the drawing board). Or maybe Evolution was feeling cheeky a fish with hands? Joke's on you, Red Handfish! Or maybe Evolution simply goofed up: How else to explain the overgrown teeth of the babirusas that curl backward over their face? Oops. Mara Grunbaum is a very smart, very funny science writer who celebrates the best or, really, the worst of Evolution's blunders. Here are more than 100 outlandish mammals, reptiles, insects, fish, birds, and other creatures whose very existence leaves us shaking our heads and muttering WTF?! Ms. Grunbaum's especially brilliant stroke is to personify Evolution as a well-meaning but somewhat oblivious experimenter whose conversations with a skeptical narrator are hilarious. For almost 4 billion years, Evolution has produced a nonstop parade of inflatable noses, bizarre genitalia, and seriously awkward necks. What a comedian!
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Evolution, Humor.
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Natural selection, Humor.
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Evolution, Humor.
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Evolution.
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Natural selection, Humor.
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Natural selection.
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| Dewey Classification
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590.2/07
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PN6231.N38G78 2014
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590.207GRU
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Q111.2-49clc
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