The Blind Watchmaker
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| Author | Richard Dawkins |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Evolutionary biology |
| Publisher | Norton & Company, Inc |
| Publication date | 1986 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| ISBN | 0-393-31570-3 |
| OCLC | 35648431 |
| Dewey Decimal | 576.8/2 21 |
| LC Class | QH366.2 .D37 1996 |
| Preceded by | The Extended Phenotype |
| Followed by | River Out of Eden |
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design (1986) is a popular science book by Richard Dawkins. It explains how the cumulative, nonrandom process of natural selection creates complexity. Dawkins develops themes from, and refutes criticisms of, his first book, The Selfish Gene (1976). It was illustrated by Liz Pyle.
It won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest and the Heinemann Award. An audiobook was released, read by Dawkins and Lalla Ward. A computer program of the same name was released and it was the basis for a BBC documentary of the same name. The Economist called it "As readable and vigorous a defense of Darwinism as has been published since 1859."