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Richard Dawkins

Autor(a) de The God Delusion

66+ Works 57,850 Membros 894 Reviews 345 Favorited

About the Author

Richard Dawkins was educated at Oxford University and taught zoology at the University of California and Oxford University, holding the position of the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science. He writes about such topics as DNA and genetic engineering, virtual reality, mostrar mais astronomy, and evolution. His books include The Selfish Gene, The Extended Phenotype, The Blind Watchmaker, River Out of Eden, Climbing Mount Improbable, The God Delusion, and An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Séries

Obras de Richard Dawkins

The God Delusion (2006) 16,840 cópias
The Selfish Gene (1976) 10,763 cópias
The Blind Watchmaker (1986) 6,312 cópias
Climbing Mount Improbable (1996) 2,063 cópias
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing (2008) — Editor — 803 cópias
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003 (2003) — Editor — 235 cópias
The View From Mount Improbable (2005) 119 cópias
God's Utility Function (1995) 61 cópias
The Extended Selfish Gene (1976) 58 cópias
The Pocket Watchmaker (1996) 16 cópias
The God Delusion Debate (2010) 13 cópias
Growing Up in the Universe (2004) 8 cópias
The "Alabama Insert" (2013) 6 cópias
Has Science Buried God? (2010) 5 cópias
Tinbergen Legacy (1991) — Editor — 5 cópias
On the Origin of Species (2007) 2 cópias
EVOLUCIÓN 2 cópias
Root of All Evil (2007) 2 cópias
Hall of Mirrors 2 cópias
Dawkins [Opere di] 1 exemplar(es)
The Claus Delusion 1 exemplar(es)
The Unbelievers (2015) 1 exemplar(es)
Ewolucja i myślenia 1 exemplar(es)
Science and faith (2004) 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

O Salmão da Dúvida (2002) — Posfácio, algumas edições6,541 cópias
The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul (1981) — Contribuinte — 2,787 cópias
The Descent of Man (1871) — Introdução, algumas edições1,581 cópias
The Meme Machine (1999) — Prefácio — 1,172 cópias
Darwin (Norton Critical Edition) (1970) — Contribuinte — 652 cópias
The Atheist's Guide to Christmas (2009) — Contribuinte — 355 cópias
A Brief History of Science (1609) — Contribuinte — 101 cópias
Attack of the theocrats! (2012) — Prefácio — 89 cópias
Imagine There's No Heaven: Voices of Secular Humanism (1997) — Contribuinte — 89 cópias
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Nearly Definitive Edition (2014)algumas edições67 cópias
Galapagos: The Islands That Changed the World (2006) — Prefácio — 58 cópias
Not One More Death (1741) — Contribuinte — 49 cópias
Inside Nature's Giants (2011) — Prefácio — 14 cópias
Elders : interviews with Andrew Denton (2010) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
The Hard Problem [theatre programme] — Contribuinte — 2 cópias

Etiquetado

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome padrão
Dawkins, Richard
Nome de batismo
Dawkins, Clinton Richard
Data de nascimento
1941-03-26
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
País (para mapa)
England, UK
Local de nascimento
Nairobi, Kenya
Locais de residência
Nairobi, Kenya
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Educação
Oxford University (Balliol College|BA|1962)
University of Oxford (PhD|zoology|1966)
Ocupação
writer
author
professor
editor
presenter
biologist (mostrar todas 7)
atheist activist
Relacionamentos
Ward, Lalla (wife)
Tinbergen, Nikolaas (Doctoral Advisor)
Grafen, Alan (student)
Ridley, Mark (student)
Dawkins, Marian Stamp (ex-wife)
Organizações
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
British Humanist Association (Distinguished Supporter)
National Secular Society
Humanist Society of Scotland
International Academy of Humanism
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (mostrar todas 7)
Oxford University
Premiações
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1997)
Los Angeles Times Literary Prize (1987)
Michael Faraday Award (1990)
Nakayama Prize (1994)
Kistler Prize (2001)
International Cosmos Prize (1997) (mostrar todas 19)
British Book Award (Author of the Year ∙ 2007)
Zoological Society of London Silver Medal (1989)
Finlay innovation award (1990)
Humanist of the Year (1996)
Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic (2001)
Bicentennial Kelvin Medal (2002)
The Dawkins Prize from Balliol College is named in his honor
Galaxy British Book Awards Author of the Year Award (2007)
Shakespeare Prize (2005)
Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science (2006)
Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World (2007)
The Richard Dawkins Award from the Atheist Alliance International is named in his honor
Royal Society (2001)

Membros

Discussions

new book: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins em philosophy discussions (Março 2020)
Group read: "The god delusion" em Pro and Con (Novembro 2014)
The atheist John Gray on the atheist Richard Dawkins em Let's Talk Religion (Novembro 2014)
GROUP READ - The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins em 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Agosto 2014)
Dawkins for the beginner em Happy Heathens (Maio 2014)
The Pilgrimage Begins - Ancestor's Tale em Evolve! (Março 2013)
The Ancestor's Tale em Evolve! (Fevereiro 2013)

Resenhas

Livro de ciências que vou recomendar aos meus filhos. Pela linguagem acessível e pela importância do conteúdo.
 
Marcado
ViniPedroni | outras 44 resenhas | Sep 22, 2022 |
Ótimo livro apresentando as provas do evolucionismo.
 
Marcado
CafeBonobo | outras 85 resenhas | Jan 14, 2010 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
66
Also by
25
Membros
57,850
Popularidade
#253
Avaliação
4.0
Resenhas
894
ISBNs
626
Idiomas
28
Favorito
345

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