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Author: Richard Dawkins ,
Richard Dawkins ,
Lalla Ward
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: HarperCollins
Edition: Library Edition
ISBN: 9781665102100
ISBN 10: 1665102101
Publication Date: 09 March 2021
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""A superb writer. Dawkins unashamedly and gloriously delights in science."" -- ""New Republic"" ""As evidenced by his 610,000-plus Twitter followers and 541,400-plus Facebook fans, Dawkins really can talk science to the rest of us."" -- ""Library Journal"" ""Brilliant, articulate, impassioned, and impolite."" -- ""San Francisco Chronicle"" ""Dawkins is above all a masterly expositor, a writer who understands the issues so clearly that he forces his readers to understand them too."" -- ""New York Times Book Review"" ""One of the greatest nonfiction writers alive today."" -- ""Steven Pinker"" ""One of the most outstanding intelligences in modern science. Richard Dawkins climbs mental Everests."" -- ""Evening Standard (London)"""
One of the most outstanding intelligences in modern science. Richard Dawkins climbs mental Everests. -- Evening Standard (London) One of the greatest nonfiction writers alive today. -- Steven Pinker Dawkins is above all a masterly expositor, a writer who understands the issues so clearly that he forces his readers to understand them too. -- New York Times Book Review Brilliant, articulate, impassioned, and impolite. -- San Francisco Chronicle As evidenced by his 610,000-plus Twitter followers and 541,400-plus Facebook fans, Dawkins really can talk science to the rest of us. -- Library Journal A superb writer. Dawkins unashamedly and gloriously delights in science. -- New Republic
Author Information
Richard Dawkins, an acclaimed biologist, is a fellow of the Royal Society and was the inaugural holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Selfish Gene, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, and The Greatest Show on Earth. He has received a number of honorary doctorates from colleges and universities around the world and has received many awards and honors throughout his career, most notably a Finlay Innovation Award, the Michael Faraday Award, the Nakayama Prize, the Kistler Prize, and the Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest. Richard Dawkins, an acclaimed biologist, is a fellow of the Royal Society and was the inaugural holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Selfish Gene, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, and The Greatest Show on Earth. He has received a number of honorary doctorates from colleges and universities around the world and has received many awards and honors throughout his career, most notably a Finlay Innovation Award, the Michael Faraday Award, the Nakayama Prize, the Kistler Prize, and the Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest. Lalla Ward is an actress and audiobook narrator who is best known for her role as Romana in Doctor Who, a popular BBC television series. She has also appeared in several other television shows, including The Protectors, Quiller, The Professionals, and Hazel. She is the former wife of actor and costar Tom Baker, who played the Fourth Doctor in Doctor Who.
