Richard Dawkins
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A preeminent scientist-and the world's most prominent atheist-asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.
With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and...
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New York Times bestselling author and renowned atheist and evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins delivers an intimate look into his own childhood and intellectual development, illuminating his path to becoming one of the foremost thinkers in modern science today
"A memoir that is funny and modest, absorbing and playful. Dawkins has written a marvelous love letter to science . . . and for this, the book will touch scientists and science-loving...
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Essays on morality, mortality, and much more from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion. The first collection of essays from renowned scientist and best-selling author Richard Dawkins is an enthusiastic declaration, a testament to the power of rigorous scientific examination to reveal the wonders of the world. In these essays, Dawkins revisits the meme, the unit of cultural information that he named and wrote...
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How did the replication bomb we call "life" begin and where in the world, or rather, in the universe, is it heading? Writing with characteristic wit and an ability to clarify complex phenomena (the New York Times described his style as "the sort of science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius"), Richard Dawkins confronts this ancient mystery.
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In unreasonable times, Richard Dawkins' relentless plea for reason is more topical and urgent than ever. In his new book, the evolutionary biologist and bestselling author reflects on the values, history and social significance of science. He takes up topics such as science as religion and the beauties, cruelties, but also curiosities of our world. From the evolution of the turtle to Jesus and atheism to intelligent extraterrestrials: Dawkins always...
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Head of Zeus
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2021.
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Have you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide and swoop through the sky like a bird? Do you let your mind soar to unknown, magical spaces? In Flights of Fancy, Richard Dawkins explains how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. From the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but spectacular bird Argentavis magnificens, from the Wright flyer and the 747, to the Tinkerbella...
18) Science Friction
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Those TV documentaries you see, and the science experts they feature? Did you know that producers often deceptively edit them and twist their words, to make them say the opposite of what they actually said? Science Friction sets the record straight.