New Releases by Richard Dawkins

From a renowned biologist and best-selling author, a whole new way of looking at living organisms: reading them as documents describing ancient worlds An exquisitely camouflaged lizard has a desiccated landscape of sand and stones "painted" on its back. Its skin can be read as a description of an ancient desert, a world in which its ancestors survived. Such descriptions are more than skin deep, however. They penetrate the very warp and woof of the entire animal. In this groundbreaking exploration of the power of Darwinian evolution and what it can reveal about the past, Richard Dawkins shows how the body, behavior, and genes of every living creature can be read as a book--an archive of the worlds of its ancestors. In the future, a zoologist presented with a hitherto unknown animal will be able to decode its ancestral history, to read its unique "book of the dead." Such readings are already uncovering the remarkable ways animals overcome obstacles, adapt to their environments, and, again and again, develop remarkably similar ways of solving life''s problems. From the author of The Selfish Gene comes a revolutionary, richly illustrated book that unlocks the door to a past more vivid, nuanced, and fascinating than anything we have seen.

Snili jste někdy, že umíte létat jako pták? Bez úsilí se vznášet nad vrcholky stromů, plachtit a pak se vrhnout k zemi, prostě se volně pohybovat ve třech rozměrech? Můžete to zažít v počítačových hrách, ve virtuální realitě nebo na psychedelickém tripu, ale do skutečnosti mají takové sny přece jen daleko. Není proto divu, že od nepaměti velcí myslitelé včetně Leonarda da Vinci zkoumali, jak toho dosáhnout. S hlavou v oblacích je kniha o létání, o různých způsobech, jak přemoct gravitaci a pokořit třetí rozměr. Lidé o tom sní stovky let, ale mnozí živočichové i rostliny našli různá řešení již před stovkami milionů let. Od mytického Ikara přes obrovského ptáka Argentavis magnificens a blechu až po balon, Boeing 747 a chmýří pampelišky - užijte si přehledně uspořádaný průzkum různých možností a jejich fyzikálních i evolučních omezení i výhod. Kniha je fascinující a elegantně napsaná a díky těsné spolupráci biologa světového formátu a talentované slovenské výtvarnice J. Lenzové je současně poučná, zábavná a mimořádně půvabná.

Por qué no necesitamos a Dios en nuestra vida. Richard Dawkins tenía quince años cuando dejó de creer en Dios. Profundamente impresionado por la belleza y la complejidad de los seres vivos, estaba convencido de que tenía que existir un diseñador. Sin embargo, cuando empezó a estudiar biología evolutiva cambió de opinión. Ahora, en Ateísmo para principiantes, uno de los mejores y más exitosos divulgadores de ciencia del mundo ofrece a sus lectores, jóvenes y adultos, la misma oportunidad de replantearse algunas de las cuestiones más importantes: ¿Cree usted en Dios? ¿En cuál? ¿Hemos de ser religiosos (o al menos es aconsejable) para así portarnos bien con los demás? En doce capítulos tan estimulantes como divertidos, Dawkins explica cómo el universo y todos los seres vivos que hay en él surgieron sin la necesidad de un diseñador y desafía frontalmente algunas de las suposiciones más básicas de las religiones del mundo. Gracias a la disección de historias como la de Abraham maltratando a Isaac o la formación de un copo de nieve, Ateísmo para principiantes es una obra concisa y provocadora que ayudará al lector a pensar por sí mismo. «En Ateísmo para principiantes, Richard Dawkins logra separar los mitos de la realidad con humor, lógica y su estilo característico a la hora de expresar ideas complejas con una claridad asombrosa. Su libro es mucho más que una guía para ateos principiantes; es un manual básico que nos libera de fábulas y fantasías para poder ver y explorar la belleza del universo». NEIL SHUBIN, paleontólogo y autor de Tu pez interior.

Förordet och efterordet till 30- och 40-årsjubileumsutgåvan av Richard Dawkins Den själviska genen, skrivna av författaren själv. Richard Dawkins banbrytande omformulering av evolutionsteorin "En lysande populärvetenskaplig framställning. Betyg: 5 av 5". BTJ Richard Dawkins Den själviska genen har åstadkommit en enorm förändring i hur vi ser på oss själva och världen. Tänk om vi, i stället för att betrakta oss som organismer som använder gener för att reproducera sig själva - något vi gjort sedan Gregor Mendels arbete återupptäcktes - vände på det och i stället föreställde oss att det är »våra« gener som konstruerar och upprätthåller oss, i syfte att skapa fler gener. Denna enkla omkastning tycks lösa en mängd gåtor som länge gäckat vetenskapen, och efter den har vi inte längre tänkt på evolutionen på samma sätt. Varför finns det mängder av oanvänt DNA i våra kroppar? Varför offrar ett bi sin egen chans till reproduktion för att hjälpa sina systrar och bröder? Med profetens klarhet redogör Richard Dawkins för svaren. Hans teorier har förändrat hela det sociobiologiska fältet. Med fascinerande exempel från biologins alla områden har han banat vägen för en seriös omprövning av evolutionsbegreppet. Dawkins introducerar också det inflytelserika begreppet mem - självreproducerande idéer som uteslutande använder sig av människor för sin fortlevnad. Om vi är marionetter, säger Dawkins, så kan vi åtminstone försöka förstå vem det är som håller i trådarna. RICHARD DAWKINS [f. 1941] är evolutionsbiolog, etolog, före detta professor vid Oxfords universitet och flerfaldigt prisbelönt författare. Med debuten Den själviska genen [1976] förändrade han helt synen evolutionsteorin och han har jämförts med tidigare revolutionära biologer som Charles Darwin, James Watson och Francis Crick. »Den sortens populärvetenskapliga text som får läsaren att känna sig som ett geni.« | New York Times »Den själviska genen och Dawkins själv är en brygga, både intellektuellt och kronologiskt, mellan förra århundradets titaner inom biologin och vår era.« | The Guardian »Den själviska genen är en oerhört viktig bok som inte kunde ha varit mer spännande.« | The Economist

Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. ''A masterly investigation of all aspects of flight, human and animal... A beautifully produced book that will appeal across age groups'' Alexander McCall Smith ''Dawkins has always been an extraordinarily muscular, persuasive thinker. What feels new here is that he writes with such charm and warmth'' The Times 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? Richard Dawkins explores the wonder of flight: from the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but spectacular bird Argentavis magnificens, from the Wright flyer and the 747, to the Tinkerbella fairyfly and the Peregrine falcon. But he also explores flights of the mind and escaping the everyday – through science, ideas and imagination. Fascinating and beautifully illustrated, this is a unique collaboration between one of the world''s leading scientists and a talented artist.

A SPECTATOR BEST BOOK OF 2021 ''Richard Dawkins is a thunderously gifted science writer.'' Sunday Times ''It may be a collection of shorter parts, but the book is in no sense Dawkins made simple. It amounts to a substantive whole which offers a unitary panoramic view across his entire intellectual life.'' Spectator Including conversations with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley and more, this is an essential guide to the most exciting ideas of our time and their proponents from our most brilliant science communicator. Books Do Furnish a Life is divided by theme, including celebrating nature, exploring humanity, and interrogating faith. For the first time, it brings together Richard Dawkins'' forewords, afterwords and introductions to the work of some of the leading thinkers of our age - Carl Sagan, Lawrence Krauss, Jacob Bronowski, Lewis Wolpert - with a selection of his reviews to provide an electrifying celebration of science writing, both fiction and non-fiction. It is also a sparkling addition to Dawkins'' own remarkable canon of work. Plenty of other scientists write well, but no one writes like Dawkins... here is Dawkins the teacher, the scholar, the polemicist, the joker, the aesthete, the poet, the satirist, the man of compassion as well as indignation, the slayer of superstition and, above all, the scientist. - Areo Magazine

În După Dumnezeu, eminentul biolog și profesor Richard Dawkins continuă, cu rigurozitate științifică și umor, să dezvolte teoriile din cartea sa Dumnezeu, o amăgire, care a înregistrat vânzări de milioane de exemplare în întreaga lume. Susținută de un entuziasm contagios, argumentația solidă a lui Dawkins pune într-o lumină nouă teoria selecției naturale, dându-i o strălucire uimitoare. – The Guardian Responsabilitatea noastră colectivă este să ne comportăm etic fără a invoca vreo divinitate, iar Dawkins ne îndeamnă să ne bizuim întotdeauna pe rațiune, calea sigură de a îmbunătăți lumea în care trăim. – The Humanist

Dawkins reafirma en El fenotipo extendido la idea que presentó originalmente en su libro de 1976 El gen egoísta, según la cual los organismos son máquinas de supervivencia, autómatas programados a ciegas con el fin de perpetuar la existencia de los genes que albergan en su interior. Ahora da un paso más, y nos muestra que, a pesar de que los genes solo controlan la síntesis de proteínas, su influencia va más allá del cuerpo en el que se hallan. Los genes influyen en el comportamiento de los organismos y en su medio ambiente, y cita como ejemplos las estructuras fabricadas por los tricópteros, las presas construidas por los castores o los montículos de las termitas. Todas estas estructuras son consideradas ahora efectos fenotípicos de los genes. Este nuevo punto de vista permite a Dawkins explicar comportamientos suicidas de algunos organismos, fruto de la expresión fenotípica de los genes de los parásitos que alojan en su interior. El efecto fenotípico de un gen puede ser ilimitado. Dawkins vincula estas ideas en lo que llama "teorema central" del fenotipo extendido, y con él rompe una vez más las barreras teóricas establecidas.

Everything in our solar system is made of stardust, including YOU! This beautiful scientific fact helps us understand our connection to the cosmos and everything in the world around us. A wondrous STEM book for children which explores the formation of our solar system, our planets, and evolution on our magnificent planet Earth. Written by a father daughter duo and edited by Dr. Eric Meikle, former Education Project Director at the National Center for Science Education, to include both science fact and wonderment. A full glossary of scientific terms are included at the back of the book. My Name is Stardust is fully illustrated in watercolor and is a beautiful book that gets children excited about science and their connection to the cosmos. ufeff

Not One More Death examines the record of US and UK troops in Iraq, questions Bush and Blair''s position under international law, and considers the responsibilities of artists, writers and the wider public in a time of war and occupation. Published in collaboration with the Stop the War Coalition (www.stopwar.org.uk).

A deeply religious nonbeliever. Deserved respect ; Undeserved respect -- The God hypothesis. Polytheism ; Monotheism ; Secularism, the Founding Fathers and the religion of America ; The poverty of agnosticism ; NOMA ; The great prayer experiment ; The Neville Chamberlain school of evolutionists ; Little green men -- Arguments for God''s existence. Thomas Aquinas''s "proofs" ; The ontological argument and other a priori arguments ; The argument from beauty ; The argument from personal "experience" ; The argument from Scripture ; The argument from admired religious scientists ; Pascal''s wager ; Bayesian arguments -- Why there almost certainly is no God. The ultimate Boeing 747 ; Natural selection as a consciousness-raiser ; Irreducible complexity ; The worship of gaps ; The anthropic principle : planetary version ; The anthropic principle : cosmological version ; An interlude at Cambridge -- The roots of religion. The Darwinian imperative ; Direct advantages of religion ; Group selection ; Religion as a by-product of something else ; Psychologically primed for religion ; Tread softly, because you tread on my memes ; Cargo cults -- The roots of morality : why are we good? Does our moral sense have a Darwinian origin? ; A case study in the roots of morality ; If there is no God, why be good? -- The "good" book and the changing moral Zeitgeist. The Old Testament ; Is the New Testament any better? ; Love thy neighbour ; The moral Zeitgeist ; What about Hitler and Stalin? : weren''t they atheists? -- What''s wrong with religion? : why be so hostile? Fundamentalism and the subversion of science ; The dark side of absolutism ; Faith and homosexuality ; Faith and the sanctity of human life ; The great Beethoven fallacy ; How "moderation" in faith fosters fanaticism -- Childhood, abuse and the escape from religion. Physical and mental abuse ; In defence of children ; An educational scandal ; Consciousness-raising again ; Religious education as a part of literary culture -- A much needed gap? Binker ; Consolation ; Inspiration ; The mother of all burkas.

Kommer vi någonsin att hitta svaret på de stora existentiella frågorna? Är vårt slutgiltiga öde att lämnas ensamma och förlora alla vi älskar? Är religion alltid problematisk? År 2007 filmades ett möte mellan Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, och Daniel Dennett. Dessa ”fyra ryttare”, som de kommit att kallas, diskuterade den kvällen den nya ateistiska rörelsen över ett antal cocktails. Resultatet blev en intellektuellt spänstig diskussion, där den moderna ateismen framträder i all sin färgglada variation. Filmklippet blev blixtsnabbt viralt på Youtube, och plötsligt hade de fyra ryttarna satt igång en ateistisk revolution. För första gången kommer det banbrytande samtalet i en tryckt version, ackompanjerad av nya essäer skrivna av de nu levande tänkarna och ett unikt förord av Stephen Fry.

Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the world’s greatest science writers tells us why we shouldn’t. Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God. Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, he’d felt certain they must have had a designer. Learning about evolution changed his mind. Now one of the world’s best and bestselling science communicators, Dawkins has given readers, young and old, the same opportunity to rethink the big questions. In twelve fiercely funny, mind-expanding chapters, Dawkins explains how the natural world arose without a designer—the improbability and beauty of the “bottom-up programming” that engineers an embryo or a flock of starlings—and challenges head-on some of the most basic assumptions made by the world’s religions: Do you believe in God? Which one? Is the Bible a “Good Book”? Is adhering to a religion necessary, or even likely, to make people good to one another? Dissecting everything from Abraham’s abuse of Isaac to the construction of a snowflake, Outgrowing God is a concise, provocative guide to thinking for yourself. Praise for Outgrowing God “My son came home from his first day in the sixth grade with arms outstretched plaintively demanding to know: ‘Have you ever heard of Jesus?’ We burst out laughing. Maybe not our finest parenting moment, given that he was genuinely distraught. He felt that he had woken up one day to a world in which his peers were expressing beliefs he found frighteningly unreasonable. He began devouring books like The God Delusion, books that helped him formulate his own arguments and helped him stand his ground. Dawkins’s new book is special in the terrain of atheists’ pleas for humanism and rationalism precisely since it speaks to those most vulnerable to the coercive tactics of religion. As Dawkins himself says in the dedication, this book is for ‘all young people when they’re old enough to decide for themselves.’ It is also, I must add, for their parents.”—Janna Levin, author of Black Hole Blues “When someone is considering atheism I tell them to read the Bible first and then Dawkins. Outgrowing God—second only to the Bible!”—Penn Jillette, author of God, No!

In 2007, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett filmed a landmark discussion about modern atheism. The video went viral. Now in print for the first time, the transcript of their conversation is illuminated by new essays from three of the original participants and an introduction by Stephen Fry. At the dawn of the new atheist movement, the thinkers who became known as “the four horsemen,” the heralds of religion''s unraveling—Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett—sat down together over cocktails. What followed was a rigorous, pathbreaking, and enthralling exchange, which has been viewed millions of times since it was first posted on YouTube. This is intellectual inquiry at its best: exhilarating, funny, and unpredictable, sincere and probing, reminding us just how varied and colorful the threads of modern atheism are. Here is the transcript of that conversation, in print for the first time, augmented by material from the living participants: Dawkins, Harris, and Dennett. These new essays, introduced by Stephen Fry, mark the evolution of their thinking and highlight particularly resonant aspects of this epic exchange. Each man contends with the most fundamental questions of human existence while challenging the others to articulate their own stance on God and religion, cultural criticism, spirituality, debate with people of faith, and the components of a truly ethical life. Praise for The Four Horsemen “This bracing exchange of ideas crackles with energy. It’s fascinating to watch four first-class minds explore a rugged intellectual terrain. . . . The text affords a different, more reflective way of processing the truly vital exchange of ideas. . . . I commend the book to those seeking an honest reckoning with their religion—and those curious about how the world looks from a rigorously naturalistic and atheistic point of view.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “The full, electrifying transcript of the one and only conversation between the quartet of luminaries dubbed the ‘four horsemen’ of the New Atheism, which took place in Washington, D.C., in 2007. Among the vast range of ideas and questions they discuss: Is it ever possible to win a war of ideas? Is spirituality the preserve of the religious? And, are there any truths you would rather not know?”—The Bookseller (UK) (starred review)

Richard Dawkins banbrytande omformulering av evolutionsteorin Richard Dawkins Den själviska genen har åstadkommit en enorm förändring i hur vi ser på oss själva och världen. Tänk om vi, i stället för att betrakta oss som organismer som använder gener för att reproducera sig själva - något vi gjort sedan Gregor Mendels arbete återupptäcktes - vände på det och i stället föreställde oss att det är »våra« gener som konstruerar och upprätthåller oss, i syfte att skapa fler gener. Denna enkla omkastning tycks lösa en mängd gåtor som länge gäckat vetenskapen, och efter den har vi inte längre tänkt på evolutionen på samma sätt. Varför finns det mängder av oanvänt DNA i våra kroppar? Varför offrar ett bi sin egen chans till reproduktion för att hjälpa sina systrar och bröder? Med profetens klarhet redogör Richard Dawkins för svaren. Hans teorier har förändrat hela det sociobiologiska fältet. Med fascinerande exempel från biologins alla områden har han banat vägen för en seriös omprövning av evolutionsbegreppet. Dawkins introducerar också det inflytelserika begreppet mem - självreproducerande idéer som uteslutande använder sig av människor för sin fortlevnad. Om vi är marionetter, säger Dawkins, så kan vi åtminstone försöka förstå vem det är som håller i trådarna. RICHARD DAWKINS [f. 1941] är evolutionsbiolog, etolog, före detta professor vid Oxfords universitet och flerfaldigt prisbelönt författare. Med debuten Den själviska genen [1976] förändrade han helt synen på den vederlagda evolutionsteorin och han har jämförts med tidigare revolutionära biologer som Charles Darwin, James Watson och Francis Crick. »Den sortens populärvetenskapliga text som får läsaren att känna sig som ett geni.« New York Times »Den själviska genen och Dawkins själv är en brygga, både intellektuellt och kronologiskt, mellan förra århundradets titaner inom biologin och vår era.« The Guardian »Den själviska genen är en oerhört viktig bok som inte kunde ha varit mer spännande.« The Economist

Originally published: 1966. With new foreword. [First] Princeton science library edition, with new preface by the author, Ã1996.

Livro reúne 42 textos de Richard Dawkins, o racionalista que ilumina com sua erudição característica as maravilhas da natureza e ataca veementemente a lógica fajuta e a irracionalidade. Apesar de abarcar três décadas de produção escrita, este livro não poderia ser mais atual e urgente, num mundo cada vez mais irracional e hostil aos fatos. Já na sua introdução apaixonada, Richard Dawkins faz um alerta insistindo para que a razão volte a ser protagonista e que os sentimentos — mesmo aqueles que não representam coisas abjetas como a xenofobia, a misoginia e outros preconceitos — fiquem de fora das escolhas eleitorais. Em mais de quarenta ensaios, artigos, palestras e cartas, recentemente revistos pelo autor, são escrutinadas uma série de questões, entre elas a importância das evidências empíricas, e há uma crítica enfática da má ciência, da presença da religião nas escolas e de movimentos como os que negam a gravidade das mudanças climáticas. Com o ardor de sempre, o cientista defende "a verdade sagrada da natureza" e homenageia as glórias e as complexidades do mundo natural com seu virtuosismo típico. Neste momento em que pessoas nos altos cargos dos governos questionam a evolução, Dawkins se pergunta o que Darwin pensaria de seu próprio legado e celebra a ciência, que possui muitas virtudes das religiões, mas está livre do lado negativo da superstição e do preconceito.

Plus de deux millions d''exemplaires vendus dans le monde, best-seller aux États-Unis, en Angleterre et en Allemagne : l''essai qui crée l''événement. " Imaginez, avec John Lennon, un monde sans religion... Pas de bombes suicides, pas de 11 Septembre, pas de Croisades, pas de chasses aux sorcières, pas de Conspiration des poudres, pas de partition de l''Inde, pas de guerres israélo-palestiniennes, pas de massacres de musulmans serbo-croates, pas de persécution de juifs, pas de " troubles " en Irlande du Nord, pas de " crimes d''honneur ", pas de télévangélistes au brushing avantageux et au costume tape-à-l''oeil. Imaginez, pas de talibans pour dynamiter les statues anciennes, pas de décapitations publiques des blasphémateurs, pas de femmes flagellées pour avoir montré une infime parcelle de peau... " R. D. Dans une attaque frontale contre la religion et la barbarie qu''elle a trop souvent engendrée, Richard Dawkins dénonce " l''illusion de Dieu ". Jugeant que de trop nombreux scientifiques " s''inclinent lâchement devant les théologiens ", il estime que l''hypothèse de Dieu doit être analysée avec les mêmes outils rationnels et le même scepticisme que n''importe quelle autre. Il s''attache donc à faire la démonstration de la " probabilité extrêmement faible de son existence ". Amoureux de la nature, le scientifique invite son lecteur à se tourner vers la splendeur du monde réel. Comprendre le monde du vivant, apprécier son extrême richesse expliquée avec une " élégance irrésistible " par la sélection naturelle de Darwin, voilà qui, selon Richard Dawkins, devrait permettre d''abandonner toutes les formes de superstition. Et notamment celles remises au goût du jour par le créationnisme qui sévit dans de nombreux pays, en particulier aux États-Unis. Le réquisitoire d''un grand scientifique contre la religion.

O gene egoísta foi publicado em 1976. Propunha-se a condensar o enorme corpo teórico já produzido para compreender como espécies surgem e se diversificam, como indivíduos se relacionam e colaboram entre si - e a ir além. Richard Dawkins inovou de muitas maneiras. Introduziu uma linguagem informal e metafórica numa área dominada por reflexões densas e fórmulas matemáticas. Subverteu a percepção intuitiva da importância dos organismos e dos grupos: o gene é quem comanda, quem busca perpetuar-se. Os organismos são máquinas de sobrevivência construídas pelos genes, num processo competitivo de construir a máquina mais eficaz. E a influência dos genes não pára aí. Organismos interagem entre si e com o mundo inanimado, e assim alteram seu ambiente e promovem a propagação de genes presentes em outros corpos. Um dos livros mais aclamados da história da divulgação científica, ele não só apresenta a biologia evolutiva de forma acessível, mas acrescenta uma interpretação metafórica que inspirou gerações de biólogos e simpatizantes: somos máquinas de sobrevivência a serviço dos genes. Desde a sua publicação, foi traduzido para mais de 25 idiomas e sucesso de vendas pelo mundo todo. Um livro atual, que continuará a ser referência obrigatória para quem se interessa pela evolução da vida. Esta edição comemorativa dos trinta anos de publicação traz uma nova introdução do autor.

Las cimas del supuesto monte Improbable representan, para Richard Dawkins, la combinación de perfección e improbabilidad existente en los seres vivos. Desde la conjunción de fuerza y sensibilidad de la trompa de un elefante hasta el imprescindible camuflaje de una hormiga escarabajo, el mundo viviente está poblado de criaturas que parecen milagrosamente «diseñadas» para la vida que llevan y que parecen haber alcanzado su punto óptimo, la cúspide imposible. Gracias a Dawkims comprobamos que estos complejos y brillantes rasgos no se han seguido por casualidad -lo que equivaldría a escalar con un simple salto la cara escarpada de la montaña-, sino por una evolución acumulativa y gradual -que presenta la pausada y larga senda que asciende a la cumbre-, infinitamente lenta para los parámetros de la historia humana... Tomado de la contracubierta del libro.

Las sugerentes memorias de uno de los científicos más brillantes de la actualidad. Richard Dawkins prosigue en el presente volumen el relato de su vida: desde los apasionantes años como docente en Oxford hasta su trabajo de campo en el Canal de Panamá y sus experiencias en el mundo de la edición, el periodismo y la televisión, especialmente desde que empezó a ser considerado como uno de los más temidos polemistas a favor del ateísmo. Pero lo más importante es que este excepcional pensador, profesor y autor nos invita a compartir un fascinante mundo de descubrimientos y su deseo insaciable de conocimiento, a la vez que nos ofrece un fresco y estimulante repaso a la evolución de sus ideas sobre la ciencia en el curso de las últimas décadas.

Revision of: Selfish gene. 2006. 30th anniversity ed. Including two key chapters from The Extended Pheontype.

In this hugely entertaining sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir An Appetite for Wonder, Richard Dawkins delves deeply into his intellectual life spent kick-starting new conversations about science, culture, and religion and writing yet another of the most audacious and widely read books of the twentieth century—The God Delusion. Called “one of the best nonfiction writers alive today” (Stephen Pinker) and a “prize-fighter” (Nature), Richard Dawkins cheerfully, mischievously, looks back on a lifetime of tireless intellectual adventure and engagement. Exploring the halls of intellectual inquiry and stardom he encountered after the publication of his seminal work, The Selfish Gene; affectionately lampooning the world of academia, publishing, and television; and studding the pages with funny stories about the great men and women he’s known, Dawkins offers a candid look at the events and ideas that encouraged him to shift his attention to the intersection of culture, religion, and science. He also invites the reader to look more closely at the brilliant succession of ten influential books that grew naturally out of his busy life, highlighting the ideas that connect them and excavating their origins. On the publication of his tenth book, the smash hit, The God Delusion, a “resounding trumpet blast for truth” (Matt Ridley), Richard Dawkins was catapulted from mere intellectual stardom into a circle of celebrity thinkers dubbed, “The New Atheists”—including Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett. Throughout A Brief Candle in the Dark, Dawkins shares with us his infectious sense of wonder at the natural world, his enjoyment of the absurdities of human interaction, and his bracing awareness of life’s brevity: all of which have made a deep imprint on our culture.