by Richard Dawkins · Kossuth · ISBN 9789630946575
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In 'The Blind Watchmaker', Richard Dawkins presents a powerful argument for the theory of evolution by natural selection. He challenges the idea of intelligent design by explaining how complex biological systems can emerge through gradual, cumulative processes, acting as a 'blind' watchmaker without foresight or purpose.
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. In 1995, he was named the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, a position he held until 2008, and is on the advisory board of the University of Austin. Dawkins has won several academic and writing awards, among them the 2005 Shakespeare Prize and the 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize. Presenting the latter, Paul Nurse said "In eloquent, evocative prose, Richard Dawkins conveys the certainty that, rather than diminishing the myriad beauties of the universe and extinguishing wonderment at its mysteries, science reveals truths that are yet more awe-inspiring than the mysteries they solve."
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