
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Daniel Dennett
#1882 of 3,809 books · #204 in Science & Technology
Shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1996).
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
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Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1996)
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