The Blind Watchmaker, 9780141026169
Paperback
Darwin’s revolution continues: Evolution explains why we exist, blindly.

The Blind Watchmaker

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  • Paperback

    496 pages

  • Release Date

    9 May 2006

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Summary

‘This might just be the most important book on evolution since Darwin’ - John Gribbin in The Good Book Guide

Acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution written in the last hundred years, The Blind Watchmaker offers an inspiring and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time. A brilliant and controversial book which demonstrates that evolution by natural selection - the unconscious, automatic, blind yet essentially non-rand…

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:342g
Dimensions:199mm x 130mm x 24mm
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Critics Review

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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