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Climbing Mount Improbable

By Richard Dawkins

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| Paperback | 9780393316827

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Book Description

A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker. The human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shape and function must be the product of design. How could Continue

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Richard Dawkins: Climbing Mount Improbable

Gary Marshall It's tempting to see Richard Dawkins as the Jeremy Clarkson of Darwinism, chainsmoking Marlboros and cackling as he writes in his diary: "To-do on Monday: wind up Creationists". Although the image is perhaps a little far-fetched, it's s ... (read full critics)

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