Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life
#1881 of 3,809 books · #203 in Science & Technology
Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1995).
A proponent of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution discusses how the idea has been distorted and the correct way to think about evolution, and examines challenges to the theory and its impact on the future of humans.
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- ISBN-13
- 9780684824710
- Genre
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1995)
Other awarded books from Daniel C. Dennett
- Consciousness Explained (1993)0 wins · 3 score
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