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The Blind Watchmaker

By Richard Dawkins
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The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins delves into the mechanisms of evolution, explaining how natural selection can account for the complexity and diversity of life without the need for a designer. Dawkins uses engaging analogies and explanations to clarify the processes that drive biological evolution, making complex scientific concepts accessible to a broad audience.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by evolution and want to understand the power of natural selection. The author explains complex scientific concepts with clarity, using engaging analogies and examples to illustrate how life evolves without guidance. It's perfect for readers who appreciate thoughtful exploration of Darwinian theory within the Science & Nature category.

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The Blind Watchmaker

Demonstrates that theory of evolution by natural selection discovered by Charles Darwin - is only answer to biggest question of all: why do we exist?

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"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, it demonstrates that evolution by natural selection — the unconscious, automatic, blind yet essentially non-random process discovered by Darwin — is the only answer to the biggest question of all: why do we exist?

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The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins has been acclaimed for updating the understanding of evolution with both scientific precision and an engaging style. The Times praises Dawkins for his enthusiastic exploration of life's meaning, while the Guardian highlights his use of vivid analogies to illuminate complex ideas. The Economist admires the book's strong arguments and straightforward writing, and the Los Angeles Times considers it one of the best science books, if not among the best books overall.

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ISBN: 9780141026169

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 April 2006

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 337g

Pages: 496

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Penguin Books Richard Dawkins Science & Nature

About the Author

Richard Dawkins is author of The Selfish Gene, voted The Royal Society's Most Inspiring Science Book of All Time, and also the bestsellers The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, and two volumes of autobiography, An Appetite for Wonder and Brief Candle in the Dark. He is a Fellow of New College, Oxford and both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. In 2013, Dawkins was voted the world's top thinker in Prospect magazine's poll of 10,000 readers from over 100 countries.

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