Epinions Recent Reviews for 2005683861

2005683861: The Blind Scientist Misses the Point

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 02:35:00 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author vicfar - Introduction This book is written in the conviction that our own existence once presented the greatest of all mysteries, but it is mystery no longer because it is solved. With this stunning sentence begins one of the bestsellers of the...

2005683861: “The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale”

Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:38:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gaviidae - This is Dawkins second best-selling book on evolution, following his first, &
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Selfish Gene.” “The Blind Watchmaker” was first published in 1986, and this review is based on a third edition published...

2005683861: A Watch May Imply a Watchmaker, But a Baby Implies Sex

Sat, 10 May 2003 16:58:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nathantyree - Richard Dawkins is, along with the late Stephen Jay Gould (The Structure of Evolutionary Theory) one of the best known evolutionary biologists. Dawkins and Gould represent the public faces of a minor disagreement between biologists. Gould was the...

2005683861: The Undesigned Tree of Life

Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:12:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author msiduri - Dawkins draws his title from the writings of the 18th century philosopher William Paley, who made the argument that just as one can see conscious design in the specialization and complexity of a pocket watch--a complicated bit of machinery for his...

2005683861: A ruthlessly convincing illustration of the process of evolution.

Tue, 13 Feb 2001 17:15:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jarno_m_l - Having read quite a bit on evolution before this, I still feel that this landmark book deepened my understanding of the subject.

Whatever the opinion one holds of it, it seems to be a universal truth that everybody thinks they know what the...

2005683861: Evolution Explained Properly

Tue, 18 Apr 2000 22:23:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author DavidGriffiths - Even though it’s been hundreds of years since Darwin first proposed the theory of evolution, the issue is still hotly debated, or even worse, ignored to avoid the potential controversy.

The controversy regarding evolution is usually based on...