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Richard Dawkins

26 March 1941 -

Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science author. He was formerly Professor for Public Understanding of Science at Oxford and was a fellow of New College, Oxford.

Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and introduced the term meme. In 1982, he made a widely cited contribution to evolutionary biology with the concept, presented in his book The Extended Phenotype, that the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment, including the bodies of other organisms.

Dawkins is well known for his candid criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In his 1986 book The Blind Watchmaker, he argued against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he described evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker. He has since written several popular science books, and makes regular television and radio appearances, predominantly discussing these topics.

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  • Cover of: The selfish gene

    First published in 1976 37 editions in 8 languages — 8 previewable Cover of edition selfishgene0000dawk_h3v2 Cover of edition selfishgene00dawk Cover of edition genbencildir00dawk Cover of edition selfishgene00dawk_669 Cover of edition selfishgene00dawk_018 Cover of edition selfishgene00dawk_487 Cover of edition dasegoistischege00dawk
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  • Cover of: The God Delusion

    First published in 2001 33 editions in 9 languages — 14 previewable Cover of edition goddelusion0000dawk_o9r0 Cover of edition dergotteswahn0000dawk Cover of edition goddelusi00dawk Cover of edition goddelusion0000dawk_h2e4 Cover of edition goddelusion00dawk Cover of edition isbn_9785389003347_264 Cover of edition tanryanlgs00dawk Cover of edition goddelusion00dawk_597 Cover of edition elespejismodedio00dawk
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  • Cover of: The blind watchmaker: why the evidence of evolution reveals a universe without design

    First published in 1986 27 editions in 7 languages — 10 previewable Cover of edition blindwatchmaker0000dawk_v6p3 Cover of edition blindwatchmaker0000dawk_z4j7 Cover of edition blindwatchmaker0000dawk_z6e7 Cover of edition blindwatchmaker00rich Cover of edition blindwatchmakerw00dawk Cover of edition derblindeuhrmach00dawk Cover of edition blindwatchmakerw00dawk_361 Cover of edition vakrsmester00dawk Cover of edition elrelojerociegos00dawk
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  • Cover of: An Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life

    First published in 2004 18 editions in 5 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition ancestorstale00rich_0 Cover of edition ancestorstalepil0000dawk Cover of edition ancestorstalepil0000dawk_l5l0 Cover of edition ancestorstalepil00dawk Cover of edition ancestorstalepil00dawk_657 Cover of edition ancestorstalepil00wong
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  • Cover of: The View From Mount Improbable

    First published in 1996 15 editions in 4 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition climbingmountimp0000dawk_l9q6 Cover of edition climbingmountimp0000dawk_o4w1 Cover of edition climbingmountimp0000dawk_t5q0 Cover of edition wspinaczkanaszcz00dawk Cover of edition climbingmountimp00dawk_070 Cover of edition climbingmountimp00rich
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  • Cover of: A Devil's Chaplain: Selected Essays by Richard Dawkins

    First published in 2003 14 editions in 5 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition devilschaplain00rich Cover of edition devilschaplainse0000dawk Cover of edition devilschaplainre00dawk_073 Cover of edition kapelaanvandedui00dawk Cover of edition kapelaanvandedui00huiz Cover of edition devilschaplain00dawk
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  • Cover of: Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True

    First published in 2001 13 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition magicofrealityho0000dawk Cover of edition magicofrealityho0000dawk_e6s9 Cover of edition magicrealityhoww00dawk
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  • Cover of: The extended phenotype: the long reach of the gene

    First published in 1981 12 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition extendedphenotyp0000dawk_l6p8 Cover of edition extendedphenotyp0000dawk_o9u2 Cover of edition extendedphenotyp00dawk_274 Cover of edition extendedphenotyp00dawk_311
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  • Cover of: What Are You Optimistic About?: Today's Leading Thinkers on Why Things Are Good and Getting Better

    First published in 2007 11 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition whatareyouoptimi0000unse
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  • Cover of: Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

    First published in 2009 11 editions in 3 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition greatestshowonea0000dawk_c9h8 Cover of edition greatestshowonea00dawk Cover of edition greatestshowonea00dawk_831
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  • Cover of: Unweaving the Rainbow

    First published in 1998 10 editions in 4 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition unweavingrainbow0000dawk_i0q2 Cover of edition unweavingrainbow0000dawk_b8u8 Cover of edition unweavingrainbow00dawk_028 Cover of edition unweavingrainbow00rich
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  • Cover of: Why we believe in god(s): a concise guide to the science of faith

    First published in 2011 8 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: River out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life

    First published in 1995 7 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition riveroutedendarw00dawk Cover of edition riveroutedendarw00dawk_821
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  • Cover of: The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing

    First published in 2008 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: An appetite for wonder: the making of a scientist : a memoir

    First published in 2013 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition appetiteforwonde0000dawk_m3z4
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  • Cover of: Books Do Furnish a Life: An Electrifying Celebration of Science Writing

    First published in 2021 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Flights of Fancy

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  • Cover of: Host Manipulation by Parasites

    First published in 2012 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science

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  • Cover of: The best American science and nature writing, 2003

    First published in 2003 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Science, Evolution, Evolution (Biology), Genetics, Philosophy, Biological Evolution, Natural selection, Biology, Evolutie, New York Times bestseller, Religion and science, Atheism, Biography, Ethologists, Evolutionstheorie, Genetic Selection, Great britain, biography, Human evolution, Natuurlijke selectie, New York Times reviewed, Origin of species, Scientists, biography, evolution, Animal behavior, Cosmology
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Africa, England, Great Britain, Iran, Netherlands, United States
People
Charles Darwin (1809-1882), Charles Darwin, Douglas Adams, God, Niko Tinbergen (1907-), Richard Dawkins, Richard Dawkins (1941-), William Paley
Time
2001-2009

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January 17, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
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