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The Blind Watchmaker
First edition cover
AuthorRichard Dawkins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEvolutionary biology
PublisherNorton & Company, Inc
Publication date
1986
Media typePrint
ISBN0-393-31570-3
OCLC35648431
Dewey Decimal
576.8/2 21
LC ClassQH366.2 .D37 1996
Preceded byThe Extended Phenotype 
Followed byRiver Out of Eden 

The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design is a 1986 book by Richard Dawkins, in which the author presents an explanation of, and argument for, the theory of evolution by means of natural selection. He also presents arguments to refute certain criticisms made on his first book, The Selfish Gene. (Both books espouse the gene-centric view of evolution.) An unabridged audiobook edition was released in 2011, narrated by Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward.

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