Telmo Pievani is Full Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Padua, where he covers the first Italian chair of Philosophy of Biological Sciences. A leading science communicator and columnist for Il corriere della sera, he is the author of The Unexpected Life, Creation without God, Serendipity, and other books.
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Foreword ix Ian Tattersall 1 A Subtle Imperfection: and So It All Began 1 2 Imperfect Evolution 17 3 Imperfections that Work 39 4 The Imprint of Uselessness in DNA 65 5 A Proverbial Jumble: The Human Brain 83 6 The Imperfect Sage 103 7 Would You Buy a Secondhand Car from a Homo Sapiens? 121 In Conclusion, the Laws of Imperfection 143 References and Further Reading 151 Index 159
Foreword ix Ian Tattersall 1 A Subtle Imperfection: and So It All Began 1 2 Imperfect Evolution 17 3 Imperfections that Work 39 4 The Imprint of Uselessness in DNA 65 5 A Proverbial Jumble: The Human Brain 83 6 The Imperfect Sage 103 7 Would You Buy a Secondhand Car from a Homo Sapiens? 121 In Conclusion, the Laws of Imperfection 143 References and Further Reading 151 Index 159
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