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Climbing Mount Improbable

By Richard Dawkins

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Year
2016
ISBN
9780141026176, 9780141936321
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
74 MB (77204249 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2024-04-01 16:10:41

Description

How could such an intricate object as the human eye - so complex and so precise - have come about by chance? In this masterful piece of popular science, Richard Dawkins builds a powerful and carefully reasoned argument for evolutionary adapatation as the force behind all life on earth. The metaphor of 'Mount Improbable' represents the combination of perfection and improbability that we find in the seemingly 'designed' complexity of living things. And through it all runs the thread of DNA, the molecule of life, responsible for its own destiny on an unending pilgrimage through time. Evocative illustrations accompany Dawkins' eloquent descriptions of astonishing adaptations in the living world.

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