Evolution Revolution (Big Questions)

Awesome book to educate young people how to think critically and demand evidence. There is a plague primarily just in the US where large groups of people want to close their eyes to science and evidence and make up fairy tales about the world.

Kids love this book! The study of evolution is so important!

This is wonderful! Loaded with great pictures & real information ... understandable by the 8-12 year age group, without being 'dumbed down'. Definitely recommended!

Wonderful!

It has got amazing information that I have not found that were put together in another book.

About to give 5 stars until we read this on page 89: "This is probably why men can read maps and women like shopping -- it's all down to our days on the savanna." Is this a joke? We are not impressed. This is meant to be a book on science. The author and publisher need to correct this.

The best children's book I've come across on this subject (though Evolution by Daniel Loxton is well done too, Mammals That Morph looks promising, and there may be others I've missed...but this is just superb!)-The topics are well organized. The information is thorough and abundant.-It's very visually appealing.The lay out and graphics both draw you in, separate the words into digestible chunks, and assist in comprehension. The colors and pictures are irresistible. Your kid can flip through and "snack" on tidbits of information, or you can read straight through, creating a comprehensive picture. The book contains the best visual time-line I've seen for the progression of life as we understand it, starting at 4,000 million years ago, working up to the Cambrian explosion of life, then taking you through the periods, Cambrian to present. I love that it included a picture of how the continents were arranged next to six of the periods, with explanations of how this affected life. This is just one example of many topics summarized and illustrated in top-notch manner.-There are a few very interesting activities suggested throughout the book, including a simple way to extract and take a look at your own DNAThe book is organized into 4 sections:1) The search for ANSWERS (contains a time-line of thought and debate from creation stories, through Linnaeus, Buffon's Laws of Nature, Lamarck, Diluvialism, Cuvier & Extinction, and Charles Lyell, up to Darwin)2) DARWIN and his theory(covers the history surrounding the development of his theory, as well as explanations of the theory itself)3) All in the GENES(from Mendel and the "pea plant puzzle", to explanation of genes, chromosomes & DNA, the way traits are passed on, mutations, genetic drift, speciation, environmental factors and switching genes "on" or "off," biodiversity, genetic engineering, "playing God" ethics debates, cloning, and tinkering with recreating extinct animals)4) EVOLUTION in action(wonderful time line of life on earth, "missing links", "Islands apart," convergent evolution, embryo development, vestigial structures, examples/diagrams of evolution in several animals, "from ape to human," "human behavior", "surviving sickness", and "still evolving")You will not only find the above topics masterfully done, but all sorts of delightful surprises are packed into this book! I will be hunting down his other books with anticipation.BTW, both my Kindergartener and 3rd grader are enthralled with this book, but an older kid or adult can just as easily enjoy and learn from it (I did!)

Civilizations have long pondered our very existence, have had theories and an assortment of "creation stories" to explain where we came from, and have often wondered how we began and evolved into what we are today. Aborigines, Greeks, Hindus, Pacific islanders, Native Americans and Christian peoples all had their tales and myths to pass along to the next generation. The debate of "you're wrong and I'm right" will continue for as long as we are on this Earth. Charles Darwin and his Theory of Natural Selection and the resulting publication of the Origin of Species blew many previous theories out of the water.In this magnificent book you'll have the opportunity to explore "evolutionary science" in a way you've quite not experienced before. This book is so vibrant you won't quite know where to begin. Each page is a mishmash of factual material presented in many different ways. You can read it partly as a graphic novel and wend your way through short paragraphs of information. There are even several small experiments or projects you can do, including one where you can actually extract and take a look at your own DNA. Did you know that "if all the froglets survived, the world would be knee-deep in frogs withing 10 years?"This is an utterly amazing book that will, on many levels, entrance the reader. The pages are so busy and visually exciting it is difficult to know where to begin on each one. There is everything a student would ever want to know about evolutionary science in this book. There are photographs, illustrations, a time line, maps, a glossary and an index. Even the most reluctant reader will be willing to spend hours poring over this material. Did you know that Alfred Russel Wallace, a young man Darwin corresponded with, came to the same conclusion concerning natural selection? If not, you may be in for a few surprises in this book!

Good book. But Condition is bad.

When my six year old daughter came home from school, very excited because she knew who the first ever man was (adam), I decided that I needed to show her the other side of the story and looked online for something that could explain evolution to a six year old and assumed I wouldn't as It's quite complicated. However, this book got such good reviews I ordered it.My daughter sat down, absolutely entranced, and read the book. She jumped pages, backwards and forwards, she asked for explanations about things and enjoyed it. I think It's the latter that is most important. It's so much easier to learn when we enjoy things.And now she has school's Adam and Eve information and this wonderful book about evolution she can make her own, informed choice about what to believe.

Arrived in good time, in condition as expected. I have yet to sit down and look at it with my son, but I am looking forward to it. I have really just glanced at it, but it seems full of information. Id say we will look at bit of it over time and discuss them as we go..

This again was for my grandson, it is a wonderful book, so informative, but I don't think he is quite old enough to appreciate it yet. I'm sure that he will find it very useful before to long

These are the most brilliant book for kids. He makes everything sound interesting & its so colourful, well illustrated & interactive that they can't put it down. You will also learn a thing or two! We are collecting all of his books as so good - can't praise enough!