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To future scientists

Genetic patterns will reveal past worlds
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July 2025, no. 477

The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian reverie by Richard Dawkins

Bloomsbury, $49.99 hb, 350 pp

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To future scientists

Genetic patterns will reveal past worlds
by
July 2025, no. 477

Science communication is a basic skill for all scientists, even if it is mostly performed for a restricted academic audience. Nonetheless, all scientists must also write for broader audiences – and some have turned this into an art form. Such practitioners of accessible ‘scientific writing’ have a slightly different task to the ‘science writing’ of writer/journalists who report on, rather than from within, the field. Popular scientific writing engages not just the general public, but also other scientists. Such long-form writing often generates new insights and knowledge by synthesising broad fields of fragmented or isolated disciplinary components, thereby creating new paradigms. These are often the books that change the way we see, think about, and study the world.

The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian reverie

The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian reverie

by Richard Dawkins

Bloomsbury, $49.99 hb, 350 pp

Buy this book

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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