$24.31
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
9 May 2006
Summary
The Blind Watchmaker: Unveiling Evolution’s Masterpiece
Acclaimed as a landmark work on evolution, The Blind Watchmaker provides an inspiring and accessible introduction to one of science’s most significant discoveries. This brilliant and thought-provoking book demonstrates that evolution by natural selection – the unconscious, automatic, blind, yet non-random process discovered by Darwin – is the ultimate answer to the profound question of our existence.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141026169 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141026162 |
| Author: | Richard Dawkins |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 9 May 2006 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 129mm x 21mm |
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Richard Dawkins has updated evolution … His subject is nothing less than the meaning of life, and he attacks it with the evangelical fervour of a clergyman and the mind of a scientist
Richard Dawkins has updated evolution … His subject is nothing less than the meaning of life, and he attacks it with the evangelical fervour of a clergyman and the mind of a scientist * The Times *Beautiful … he seizes happy analogies, bright metaphors and shining images to light up his passion and our darkness * Guardian *Good writing, tight argument and unpulled punches … a satisfying book * Economist *One of the best science books - one of the best of any books - I have ever read * Los Angeles Times *
About The Author
Richard Dawkins
In 1995 Richard Dawkins became the first holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He is the bestselling author of THE SELFISH GENE, CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE and UNWEAVING THE RAINBOW.
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