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| The Blind Watchmaker | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard Dawkins
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  77 reviews
Sales Rank: 936
Media: Paperback
Pages: 368
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1
ISBN: 0141026162
EAN: 9780141026169
ASIN: 0141026162
Publication Date: April 6, 2006
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interesting, but not to the point December 3, 1997
There is no denying that this book is well written. But it very carefully avoids directly proving what it is supposedly explaining. The logic followed is generally like this: There's some phenomena in nature "X" and since Darwinism can explain a way for X to come about, then Darwinism must be true. A careful reader will note an extreme lack of evidence (even though this is only an introdution to the subject there should be evidence.) I learned a great deal about complexities of certain animals, but there is little substance beyond the carefully formed analogies and arguments. A good read for a general understanding of Darwinism and what it preaches.
 finest book I've ever read, on any subject August 29, 1997
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This book is, quite honestly, the finest book I've ever read, on any subject. I'm an economist by training, and economists have much in common with biologists and zoologists -- namely, an appreciation for how complex orders can emerge unplanned from the actions of individuals who do what they do with no thought of the larger patterns to which they contribute. Dawkins's work elevated greatly my understanding of natural-selection's ability to create order out of (seeming) chaos. Dawkins's work also taught me something else: that obscure writing is never to be tolerated. This book, like all of Dawkins's work, conveys deep insight with remarkable clarity of expression. Don Boudreaux
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