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

About the Author

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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– Wall Street Journal

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