The why evidence of evolution reveals a universe without design Dawkins, Richard 1941- creator text bibliography nyu New York Norton 1996 monographic eng spa

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xvii, 358 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. The watchmaker belongs to the eighteenth-century theologian William Paley, who made one of the most famous creationist arguments: Just as a watch is too complicated and too functional to have sprung into existence by accident, so too must all living things, with their far greater complexity, be purposefully designed. It was Charles Daviis brilliant discovery that put the lie to these arguments. Buy Richard Dawkins could have written this eloquent ripe the creationists. Natural selec tion-the unconscions, wc, blind, yet essentially nonran dom precess that Dovered-has no purpose in mind. If it can be gaia dsathi Se role of watchmaker in nature, it is the blind waselanda Acclaimedhaps the most influential work on evolution written in this tury, The Blind Watchmaker offers an engaging and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientif c discoveries of all time. Introduction to the 1996 edition Preface Chapter 1 Explaining the very improbable Chapter 2 Good design Chapter 3 Accumulating small change Chapter 4 Making tracks through animal space Chapter 5 The power and the archives Chapter 6 Origins and miracles Chapter 7 Constructive evolution Chapter 8 Explosions and spirals Puncturing punctuationism Chapter 9 Chapter 10 The one true tree of life Chapter 11 Doomed rivals Bibliography Index Appendix I: An Application for the Apple Macintosh Comp Appendix II [1991]: Computer Programs and "The Evolution of Evolvability' Richard Dawkins ; with a new introduction. Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-326) and index. Evolution (Biology) Evolución (Biología) Selección natural Natural selection QH 366.2 D271b 1996 576.82 9780393315707 0393315703 UPM 970221 20230410132812.0 spa