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Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life (Paperback)
by Daniel C. Dennett (Author) "We used to sing a lot when I was a child, around the campfire at summer camp, at school and Sunday school, or gathered around..." (more)
Key Phrases: gene centrism, awful stretcher, pervasive adaptation, Mother Nature, Library of Mendel, Maynard Smith (more...)
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One of the best descriptions of the nature and implications of Darwinian evolution ever written, it is firmly based in biological information and appropriately extrapolated to possible applications to engineering and cultural evolution. Dennett's analyses of the objections to evolutionary theory are unsurpassed. Extremely lucid, wonderfully written, and scientifically and philosophically impeccable. Highest Recommendation!

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Dennett's philosophical argument in support of Darwinism was a National Book Award finalist.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 586 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster (June 12, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 068482471X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684824710
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars 152 customer reviews (152 customer reviews)
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First Sentence:
We used to sing a lot when I was a child, around the campfire at summer camp, at school and Sunday school, or gathered around the piano at home. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gene centrism, awful stretcher, pervasive adaptation, artifact hermeneutics, greedy reductionism, adaptationist reasoning, adaptationist thinking, real intentionality, universal acid, habitat tracking, algorithmic process, original intentionality, hidden constraints, purposeless forces, adaptationist explanation, language organ, daughter species, feasible algorithm, human mathematicians, checkers program, designed things
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mother Nature, Library of Mendel, Maynard Smith, Mitochondrial Eve, Burgess Shale, John Locke, San Marco, Noam Chomsky, Social Darwinists, Stephen Jay Gould, Twin Earth, Charles Darwin, Baldwin Effect, Cosmic Pyramid,