Blind Watchmaker Why the Evidence

Dawkins, Richard

ISBN 10: 0393304485 / ISBN 13: 9780393304480

Verlag: Norton*(ww Norton Co, 1988

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trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Liz Pyle (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. W. W. Norton, 1987. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition, eighth printing. Near Fine. Interior unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. . Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi+332+15 pages. 22 illustrations. The seminal text for understanding evolution. 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. Deep enough to be valuable to biologists, yet simple and well-written so as to appeal to a mass audience.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Blind Watchmaker Why the Evidence
• Verlag: Norton*(ww Norton Co
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1988
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0393304485
• ISBN-13: 9780393304480
• Einband: Soft cover
• Auflage: 1. Auflage
• Zustand: Near Fine

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