The Blind Watchmaker - Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design

Reading this book is like switching on the light in a dark room. It clears most of the doubts, debunks the false assumptions and shows how great life is and how beautiful nature is.

Richard Dawkins has proved himself one of the finest writers in the world. He truely knows how to write considering what questions will arise in the reader's mind after a certain sentence made. So he writes the further things accordingly. If all writers were like him in all subjects then all subjects would have been very intersting to everyone.

I am fan of Dawkins writing. I never read a book with such content being so interesting. And that's why I love his works. This book is no different. I think here is no need for me describe about the content of the book. If its richard Dawkins, obviously, its about evolution, godlessness etc.The one thing that's really making this book a bit irritating is when he addresses theists and his arguments about evolution. I find this part really irritating. He is really talented. And a great scientist. There is no doubt in that. Then i wonder why is he so much bothered about proving evolution to theists? If its really too hard to understand evolution or they are really ignorant towards it, purposefully, then I am not seeing it to be rational to argue. So I guess, apart from being sometimes a little bit aggressive, this a great work. This is the first time I am hearing about replicators and all, and its really interesting.One thing I can guarantee about this book is that, one way or another, you will definitely learn something new. Something interesting.PS : Paper quality is good and the font is also good.

Paper quality and print of book is average.But The book is awesome 👍Must read..😀

Words would run short if I were to express the impact this book can have in life of a person. A must read.

There is no doubt about what a monumental work of writing this is. Richard Dawkins at his best, before he went ballistic with his prejudiced rebranding of Atheism. The book contains remarkable insights into evolution, presents some brilliant writing and offers a unique perspective. This is a must-have book for every science lover.Quality of the book is not so good. It is a soft and small paperback and I think it would be better if they made a slightly larger version of this book with the same cover design. Maybe a hardcover or just a sturdy paperback.The copy I received was a bit crumpled on the front and its back cover was faded. But since Amazon didn't offer me the option of replacing the book, I had to keep it.

Came in perfect condition after an exhaustive search to buy at second hand book shops was fruitless.

A comprehensive study of various theories of Darwinian Evolution.The highly logical analysis culminating in a strong support for Darwinian Natural Selection bounded by the dictates of embryology leading to a defined branching over generations is theoretically sound.I am a firm believer in an Autopoeitic process of emergence of complexity which I presume is the process of self driven natural selection.

Some days ago I received the book and, to be honest, I have never ordered used books on Amazon before. So to say, I was prepared for the worst outcome :) Turned out that the book was in excellent condition. I am pleasantly surprised and will definitely order next book the same way to save some money. ☀️

Adoro este libro. Y está escrito en un modo que hace la lectura súper agradable

Comprei pra dar de presente ao meu marido. Ele gostou muito, já estava interessado nesse livro a um bom tempo.

Extremely interesting.

This book is about evolution: it is described as a very large amount of steps of very small improvements. Richard goes into great detail to help us understand how it works. I enjoyed reading it as it takes theory a step further and I regret having not read this book years earlier. Richard follows logic if we accept A then it means the following. He also explores the opposite if A isn't true. He (and Darwin) logically rejects evolution as having anything to do with divine intervention because if that is needed to explain any steps in evolution it means the theory is false.He makes the reader understand that this process is so complex and played at multiple levels - from genes and cells, to species to planetary conditions - and over a time scale that the human mind cannot comprehend. It may seem magical or divine but it really isn't. When reading the chapters about this I had to think about a conversation at the start of Deep Space Nine about time: "What comes before now is not different than what is now or what is to come. It is one's existence". If we were to meet such a being we would not understand this with our human mind. For a human a decade is quite long, on geological time scale 60,000 years is an instant. We look at the animals and plants today and we should realize they are all the outcome of a billion years long evolutionary process.The fossil record is extremely limited, so we miss many steps and sometimes we aren't even looking in the right area. In Dawkins' view life does not have a meaning - 42 might be the right answer after all. It's interesting as recently I learned about another theory that looked at life as a way to recirculate nutrition - each animal and plant is part of a system. Dawkins would reject that and the system is there because of life. He spent the last chapter debunking 'alternative theories'. In a way it's quite academic but it does show clearly where Richard stands.Unfortunately he does not know how life started and he postulates some theories that sound the same as how we explain the universe using terms like dark energy and dark matter - it could be true but for now it's not more than an educated guess. I understand that this is still one of the large mysteries of life. As the book was written a few decades ago, some of the examples that Richard uses sounds dated - it does not take anything away from his message, but I can see my daughter for example not being able to understand what he means with a laser disc or a DC-8. If you are religious and have an open mind I would recommend reading it - Dawkins is not against religion in a way that he condemns religious people, it's more that it is not the right explanation for how life is today. There is no Watchmaker at work.