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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design - Couverture souple

Dawkins, Charles Simonyi Professor Of The Public Understanding Of Science Richard

 
9780393351491: The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
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ISBN 10 : 0393351491 ISBN 13 : 9780393351491
Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2015

Synopsis

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.

In an eloquent, uniquely persuasive account of the theory of natural selection, Dawkins illustrates how simple organisms slowly change over time to create a world of enormous complexity, diversity, and beauty.

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À propos de l'auteur

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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Éditeur
W. W. Norton & Company
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393351491
ISBN 13 
9780393351491
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
496
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