The Blind Watchmaker
Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
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- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
2 October 2018
Summary
The Blind Watchmaker is the seminal text for understanding evolution today. In the eighteenth century, theologian William Paley developed a famous metaphor for creationism: that of the skilled watchmaker. In The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins crafts an elegant riposte to show that the complex process of Darwinian natural selection is unconscious and automatic. If natural selection can be said to play the role of a watchmaker in nature, it is a blind one—working without foresight or purpose…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393351491 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0393351491 |
| Author: | Richard Dawkins |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 2 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 140mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
“One of the best science books–one of the best any books–I have ever read.”
“As readable and vigorous a defense of Darwinism as has been published since 1859.” – The Economist “Dawkins has done more than anyone else now writing to make evolutionary biology comprehensible and acceptable to a general audience.” – John Maynard Smith
About The Author
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins is the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and is the author of The Selfish Gene, Climbing Mount Improbable, and many other books.
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