by Jacques Monod · Tusquets · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439521891
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«El azar y la necesidad» is the philosophical essay by Jacques Monod, published in 1993 by Tusquets in hardback (208 pages, in Spanish).
Jacques Monod, biologist and Nobel laureate, explains that life arises from chance and necessity: genetic mutations are random and natural selection is governed by physicochemical laws. He criticises as 'animist' philosophies that attribute a purpose to nature and maintains that objective scientific knowledge denies the idea of destiny.
The work is subtitled «Ensayo sobre la filosofía natural de la biología moderna» and originally appeared in French in 1970 under the title «Le hasard et la nécessité».
A reference work for those interested in philosophy of science, evolutionary biology and classics of twentieth-century thought.
