Science books ‘08

The Guardian (my groom of the stool gets it) rounds up the forth coming pop science publications for ‘08 here. Of particular note:

Sean B Carroll picks up the challenge of the creationists with The Making of the Fittest (Quercus): another look at what DNA tells us about the two-billion-year process that turned a primitive blob in the primeval ooze into Paris Hilton in her Jimmy Choos. The blurb tells us that such evidence points to the end of the “rancorous, distracting debate over the validity of the theory of evolution”. If only . . .

Now I must go and disinherit my firstborn: Baghdad Holiday Inn.