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

by Richard Dawkins
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design

Evolution's intricacies argued against intelligent design.

If curiosity about evolution and natural selection stirs in you, "The Blind Watchmaker" by Richard Dawkins is a compelling read. Dawkins, known for his accessible science writing, delves into the complexity of natural processes in a way that's enlightening and doesn't require a science background. You'll come away with a deeper understanding of how the beauty of nature can arise without a designer.

  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (1987)
  • W.H. Heinemann Award (1986)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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

by Richard Dawkins
ISBN: 9780393315707
Authors: Richard Dawkins
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date of Publication: 1996-09-17
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Religion, Science, Nature, Philosophy
Related Topics: Atheism, Nature, Popular Science, Genetics, Biology, Biology
Goodreads rating: 4.09
(rated by 39904 readers)

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"The best general account of evolution I have read in recent years."―E. O. Wilson. With a new introduction. Twenty years after its original publication, The Blind Watchmaker, framed with a new introduction by the author, is as prescient and timely a book as ever. Charles Darwin’s brilliant discovery challenged the creationist arguments; but only Richard Dawkins could have written this elegant riposte. Natural selection―the unconscious, automatic, blind, yet essentially nonrandom process Darwin discovered―has no purpose in mind. If it can be said to play the role of a watchmaker in nature, it is the blind watchmaker in nature.
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Evolution's intricacies argued against intelligent design.

If curiosity about evolution and natural selection stirs in you, "The Blind Watchmaker" by Richard Dawkins is a compelling read. Dawkins, known for his accessible science writing, delves into the complexity of natural processes in a way that's enlightening and doesn't require a science background. You'll come away with a deeper understanding of how the beauty of nature can arise without a designer.

  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (1987)
  • W.H. Heinemann Award (1986)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.