Okay, so just like some other people said (Chrisantha Pinto) I thought this book would not be interesting, even though Mr. Tisor made it sound good! I enjoy Neil Shubin's style of writing, he writes very informally as if he's talking to you. This reminds me of a novel I had to read last year for my English summer assignment, How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster.
I like how everything is scientifically based, and how he uses the method of scientific process to discover our origins. What intrigued me the most is his belief that everything started underwater.
I like how he has a different view on evolution because I've only heard of two ways; religious methods and monkeys/chipmanzees.
Another AWESOME thing I learned was the discovery of the Tiktaalik. It really helped me picture the transition from sea animals to land animals, and thus the evolution of humans. It reminded me of a Komodo Dragon look, with the outlook of a snake-like-alligator look.
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I think a lot of kids at first thought this book would be very boring, but as we all discovered, it was obviously a much more engaging book.
ReplyDeleteI also noticed (as you stated in your 2nd paragraph) that Shubin does not reference to superstitions when discussing the field of science (archaeology) in chapter one. I think that's a very effective way to convey the message that science is based on hypothesis and research, not just "beliefs".
Yeah Pars I feel the same way about how he talked about everything starting underwater that was very interesting.lol. Because I also only heard about evolution through mokeys/chipmanzees.
ReplyDeleteYes, same here
ReplyDeleteI've only heard about Monkeys and Chimpmanzees as our far ancestors lol