Blind Watchmaker

Acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution written in the last hundred years, "The Blind Watchmaker" offers an inspiring and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time. A brilliant and controversial book, which demonstrates that evolution by natural selection - the unconscious, automatic, blind, yet essentially non-random pr...

Acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution written in the last hundred years, "The Blind Watchmaker" offers an inspiring and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time. A brilliant and controversial book, which demonstrates that evolution by natural selection - the unconscious, automatic, blind, yet essentially non-random process discovered by Darwin - is the only answer to the biggest question of all: why do we exist?

1941年3月26日生，英国皇家科学院院士，牛津大学教授，著名科普作家，生物学家。2001年当选为英国皇家学会院士。2005年英国《前景》杂志会同美国《外交》杂志网络调查，他被评选为在世的全球100名最有影响力的公共知识分子之一。他是英国最重要的科普作家，几乎本本书都是 畅销书，并经常在各大媒体引起轰动。他的畅销书中，于1976年出版的《自私的基因》最有代表性，他的基因观念，颠覆了我们对自身的幻觉，深刻影响了一个时代。

译者王道还，台湾著名生物人类学者，台湾大学人类学毕业，美国哈佛大学人类学博士候选人，被称为“科普人类自然史的不二人选”。中国《环球科学》专栏作家，译有《第三种黑猩猩：人类的身世与未来》、《枪炮、病菌与钢铁：人类社会的命运》、《医学简史》等多种作品。