The Blind Watchmaker
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Summary
A brilliant and controversial book which demonstrates that evolution by natural selection is the only answer to the biggest question of all: why do the authors exist.
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- article
- Published
- 1987-05-01
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- 1,980
- References
- 31
- Access
- Open access
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Keywords
Computer science
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