Comments on: Book review – Imperfection: A Natural History/2024/04/26/book-review-imperfection-a-natural-history/Reviewing fascinating science books since 2017Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:42:05 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: inquisitivebiologist/2024/04/26/book-review-imperfection-a-natural-history/comment-page-1/#comment-94854Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:46:15 +0000/?p=25278#comment-94854In reply to smellincoffee.

Indeed, both are some of the many examples that feature in this book.

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]]>By: smellincoffee/2024/04/26/book-review-imperfection-a-natural-history/comment-page-1/#comment-94853Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:44:30 +0000/?p=25278#comment-94853Dawkins’ Blind Watchmaker have touched on this a bit, but it’s been nearly twenty ears since I read it so I can’t say that with utter assurance. Two examples I remember were the optic nerve punching through our retinas, and of course — the giraffe’s nervous system, which routes one nerve all the way up the neck and all the way down the neck without having anything to do with the head at all.

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]]>By: Book review – Flaws of Nature: The Limits and Liabilities of Natural Selection | The Inquisitive Biologist/2024/04/26/book-review-imperfection-a-natural-history/comment-page-1/#comment-94852Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:55:17 +0000/?p=25278#comment-94852[…] a double review of, first, Andy Dobson’s Flaws of Nature and, next, Telmo Pievani’s Imperfection. There is plenty more to this thought-provoking idea and Dobson will reel you right in: […]

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