{"product_id":"9781908885531","title":"The Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia of Evolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eRob Newman is currently performing his latest stand-up show: \u003ci\u003eA New Theory Of Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e. Following a packed out run at the Edinburgh Festival and a nationwide tour, this is the written companion to the show: an illustrated comedic book that combines his talents as a comedian and performer with his skill as a writer and novelist. \u003ci\u003eThe Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia of Evolution \u003c\/i\u003ewill also be produced as a radio show to be broadcast by Radio 4 in November, 2015. In this witty, fact-packed A-Z, Newman takes the reader on a whirlwind tour from caring, sharing vampire bats to intelligent slime-mold; from pacifist baboons to Richard Dawkins wrestling naked with his postman; from the invisibility cloak of the Hawaiian bobtail squid to Francis \"DNA\" Crick’s belief that life on earth began with alien spaceships.  The only comedian ever credited in a paper published in the science journal \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, Newman explores how stunning scientific breakthroughs have turned received ideas of evolution upside-down.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cargo Publishing (UK) Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050247504112,"sku":"9781908885531","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908885531_p0.jpg?v=1763622179","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908885531","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}