ISBN: 9780393315707
Autore:
Richard Dawkins
formato del libro: Brossurato
titolo alternativo:
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
Casa editrice:
W. W. Norton & Company
data di pubblicazione: 1996
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Lingua:
Inglese
Prezzo: USD 18.95
Numero di pagine: 496
Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
Sinossi
The title of this 1986 work, Dawkins's second book, refers to the Rev. William Paley's 1802 work, Natural Theology, which argued that just as finding a watch would lead you to conclude that a watchmaker must exist, the complexity of living organisms proves that a Creator exists. Not so, says Dawkins: ”All appearances to the contrary, the only watchmaker in nature is the blind forces of physics, albeit deployed in a very special way... it is the blind watchmaker.” ...
