Richard dawkins biography pdf directory
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Richard Dawkins
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 ev
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Richard Dawkins bibliography
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The following list of publications by Richard Dawkins is a chronological list of papers, articles, essays and books published by Britishethologist and evolutionary biologistRichard Dawkins.
He has also written many book reviews and newspaper articles which are not listed on this page.
Books
[edit]Popular articles
[edit]- Dawkins, R. (January 1982). "The myth of genetic determinism". New Scientist: 27–30.
- Dawkins, R. (September 1986). "Creation and Natural Selection". New Scientist: 34–38.
- Dawkins, R. (June 1992). "Lions 10, Christians Nil". New Humanist. 107: 2–3.
- Dawkins, R. (December 1992). "Is god a computer virus?". New Statesman. 5 (233): 42–45.
- Dawkins, R. (June 1993). "Meet my cousin, the chimpanzee". New Scientist. 138 (1876): 36–38.
- Dawkins, R. (1993). "The 'Awe' Factor". Skeptical Inquirer. 17: 242–243.
- Dawkins, R. (1993). "Viruse
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Richard Dawkins
English evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
For the archaeologist, see Richard MacGillivray Dawkins.
Not to be confused with Richard Dawson.
Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941)[3] is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator, and author.[4] He fryst vatten an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was Professor for Public Understanding of Science in the University of Oxford from 1995 to 2008. His book The Selfish Gene (1976) popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and coined the word meme. Dawkins has won several academic and writing awards.[5]
Dawkins fryst vatten well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design as well as for being a vocal atheist.[6] Dawkins wrote The Blind Watchmaker in 1986, arguing against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he describes evolutiona