The Blind Watchmaker
Nov 2013 · Penguin UK
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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 which 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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Mitchell McQuinn
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February 25, 2019
This is a book based on rhetoric, not science. Dawkins tries to find what is "plausible" and invents charming stories to convince the reader that he is right, irrespective of any evidence to the contrary. He has great faith in the ability of mutations to overcome information gaps in the genome despite there being no scientific evidence of such mutations. Mutations always represent information loss, and never add new information into the genetic code. It is an enjoyable read, but seriously flawed.
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Z Pilot
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August 27, 2015
Eye opening though lacking a good summary chapter
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Mike Holzscheiter
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August 26, 2015
Blind watch maker
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About the author
In 1995 Richard Dawkins became the first holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He is the bestselling author of THE SELFISH GENE, CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE (Penguin, 1996) and UNWEAVING THE RAINBOW (Penguin, 1998).
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