Climbing Mount Improbable
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Climbing Mount Improbable is a popular science book by Richard Dawkins that explains the power of gradual evolution through natural selection using the metaphor of scaling a steep mountain via many small, feasible steps.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Climbing Mount Improbable canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3805879 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Climbing Mount Improbable Context triple: [Richard Dawkins, notableWork, Climbing Mount Improbable]
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The Inevitable
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Die fröhliche Wissenschaft
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Climbing Mount Improbable Target entity description: Climbing Mount Improbable is a popular science book by Richard Dawkins that explains the power of gradual evolution through natural selection using the metaphor of scaling a steep mountain via many small, feasible steps.
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A.
Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth
Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth is a humorous and heartfelt children's novel that follows a boy and an alien visitor as they race to compile a list of reasons why Earth should be saved from destruction.
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B.
In the Name of Science
In the Name of Science is the original title of Martin Gardner’s influential 1950 book critically examining pseudoscience and popular scientific misconceptions.
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C.
The Lightness of Being
The Lightness of Being is a popular science book that explores modern physics—especially quantum field theory and the nature of mass—in an accessible and philosophical way.
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D.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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E.
Die fröhliche Wissenschaft
Die fröhliche Wissenschaft is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche that blends aphorisms, poetry, and reflections on art, science, and the famous proclamation of the "death of God."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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popular science book ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
creationism
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intelligent design ⓘ irreducible complexity ⓘ |
| author | Richard Dawkins ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explainsConcept |
adaptive landscapes
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complex adaptations evolving step by step ⓘ cumulative selection ⓘ natural selection as a stepwise process ⓘ |
| followedBy | Unweaving the Rainbow ⓘ |
| genre |
evolutionary biology literature
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popular science ⓘ |
| hasChapterOn |
biomorphs
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evolution of the eye ⓘ evolution of wings ⓘ figs and fig wasps ⓘ spider webs ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
hardcover edition
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paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780393317543 ⓘ |
| hasMetaphor | Mount Improbable as a landscape of fitness ⓘ |
| illustratedBy | Lalla Ward ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
adaptation
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evolution by natural selection ⓘ gradualism in evolution ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defending Darwinian gradualism
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popularizing evolutionary theory ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | Climbing Mount Improbable self-link ⓘ |
| pageCount | 340 ⓘ |
| precededBy | River Out of Eden ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Books
W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
book reviews in scientific journals
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popular science discussions of evolution ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| usesMetaphor | mountain climbing ⓘ |
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Subject: Climbing Mount Improbable Description of subject: Climbing Mount Improbable is a popular science book by Richard Dawkins that explains the power of gradual evolution through natural selection using the metaphor of scaling a steep mountain via many small, feasible steps.
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