Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Darwin's Dangerous Idea Nominated for the 1995 National Book Award for Non-Fiction, this masterly exploration reaffirms the validity of Darwin's theory of natural selection and brilliantly demonstrates its compatibility with free will, sacred beliefs, and the dignity of humankind.
Full description- Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
- Published: 12 June 1996
- Format: Paperback 586 pages
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- Categories: Science & Geography | Science: General Issues | Evolution | History Of Western Philosophy
- ISBN 13: 9780684824710 ISBN 10: 068482471X
- Sales rank: 50,783
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Full description for Darwin's Dangerous Idea
In this groundbreaking and very accessible book, Daniel C. Dennett, the acclaimed author of Consciousness Explained, demonstrates the power of the theory of natural selection and shows how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of our place in the universe. Following Darwinian thinking to its logical conclusions is a risky business, with pitfalls for everybody. Creationists and others who reject evolution are not the only ones to fall into the traps. Many who accept the validity of Darwin's conclusions hesitate before their implications and distort his theory, fearful that it is politically incorrect or antireligious, or that it robs life of all spirituality. Dennett explains the scientific theory of natural selection in vivid terms, and shows how it extends far beyond biology.
