martes, 3 de noviembre de 2009

Science Class Feeling?

As I began reading The Selfish Gene totally convinced that it was a fun and interesting novel, I was in shock to find out that it was about science. Ignoring the fact that it is hard for me to understand and enjoy science I found myself interested in the book and its proved theories and facts. Throughout the first three chapters evolution is a topic frequently used. And as I am learning in science class evolution in other words means: when the organisms change their environment in order to become better and to have advantage over the others. And it is very similar to what Dawkins describes it to. And then came the part of natural selection “genes become more numerous and others less numerous”. And then everything starting matching up in my mind to what I had learned in science class and by this point in the book Dawkins had finally caught my attention. But then I came to the part of DNA and there I started to lose focus again I was feeling like I was in class with Dr. Anne Gregory, and she was the one talking about the chromosomes each one had, and then I imagined her giving examples as always in class. But I was really reading Dawkins examples as I was imagining her saying them. “It is as though in every room of a gigantic building, there was a book-case containing the architects plans for the entire building.”(22) And as I kept reading and Dawkins kept switching themes I felt in science class, but fortunately in this case I was interested and it was easy for me to understand everything better. Now I am here writing my blog on my first chapters reading experience and waiting to see with what Dawkins will surprise me next.

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