The blind watchmaker : (Record no. 131659)
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| LC control number | 96229669 |
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| Language of cataloging | eng |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0393315703 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780393315707 |
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| Classification number | QH 366.2 |
| Item number | .D37 1996 |
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| Holding library | VF$A |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dawkins, Richard, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1941- |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The blind watchmaker : |
| Remainder of title | why the evidence of evolution reveals a universe without design / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Richard Dawkins ; with a new introduction. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Norton, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1996. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxi, 468 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 21 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-460) and index. |
| 520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The watchmaker belongs to the eighteenth-century theologian William Paley, who made one of the most famous creationist arguments: Just as a watch is too complicated and too functional to have sprung into existence by accident, so too must all living things, with their far greater complexity, be purposefully designed. It was Charles Darwin's brilliant discovery that put the lie to these arguments. But only Richard Dawkins could have written this eloquent riposte to the creationists. Natural selection - the unconscious, automatic, blind, yet essentially nonrandom process that Darwin discovered - has no purpose in mind. If it can be said to play the role of watchmaker in nature, it is the blind watchmaker." "Acclaimed as perhaps the most influential work on evolution written in this century, The Blind Watchmaker offers an engaging and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time."--BOOK JACKET. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Ch. 1. Explaining the very improbable -- Ch. 2. Good design -- Ch. 3. Accumulating small change -- Ch. 4. Making tracks through animal space -- Ch. 5. The power and the archives -- Ch. 6. Origins and miracles -- Ch. 7. Constructive evolution -- Ch. 8. Explosions and spirals -- Ch. 9. Puncturing punctuationism -- Ch. 10. The one true tree of life -- Ch. 11. Doomed rivals -- Appendix I. An Application for the Apple Macintosh Computer -- Appendix II [1991]. Computer Programs and 'The Evolution of Evolvability'. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Evolution (Biology) |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Natural selection. |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Storms Research Center | Storms Research Center | Main Collection | 10/28/2025 | QH 366.2 .D37 1996 | 98644244 | 10/28/2025 | 10/28/2025 | Book |