Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins

Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard DawkinsA 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 such an intricate object have come about by chance? Tackling this subjectin writing that the New York Times called "a masterpiece"Richard Dawkins builds a

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