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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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
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The Selfish Gene
12 editions - first published in 1976 Borrow -
The Extended Phenotype
8 editions - first published in 1981 Borrow -
The God Delusion
7 editions - first published in 2006 Read -
Ataların Hikâyesi: Yaşamın Kökenine Yolculuk
6 editions - first published in 2004 DAISY -
A Devil's Chaplain
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Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder
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The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
5 editions - first published in 2009 Borrow -
River out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life
5 editions - first published in 1995 Borrow -
Das egoistische Gen
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Der entzauberte Regenbogen. Wissenschaft, Aberglaube und die Kraft der Phantasie
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The Blind Watchmaker
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Blind Watchmaker 1.2: An Evolution Simulation/Mac Version
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Le Gène égoïste
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The Magic of Reality
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God Delusion, The
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The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing
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Qu'est-ce que l'évolution ? Le fleuve de la vie
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Destejiendo El Arco Iris
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Le Gene Egoiste
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Gipfel des Unwahrscheinlichen. Wunder der Evolution
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Het Verhaal van onze Voorouders
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El Capellan del Diablo: Reflexiones Sobre la Esperanza, la Mentira, la Ciencia y el Amor
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ANCESTOR'S TALE: A PILGRIMAGE TO THE DAWN OF LIFE
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God als Misvatting
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Het Grootste Spektakel ter Wereld
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Olafur Eliasson: Your Lighthouse
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Und es entsprang ein Fluß in Eden. Das Uhrwerk der Evolution
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River Out of Eden (Science Masters)
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Viruses of the Mind: The 1992 Voltaire Lecture by Dr Richard Dawkins.
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Een Regenboog Ontrafelen
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Escalando El Monte Improbable
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L'Horloger aveugle
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The Young Oxford Encyclopedia of Science
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DECOMPONDO O ARCO-ÍRIS - A Ciência, a Ilusão e o Apetite pelo Deslumbramento -(EURO 13.97)
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Science, delusion and the appetite for wonder
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Les Mystères de l'arc-en-ciel
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The greatest show on Earth
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Oxford Illustrated Science Encyclopedia
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The greatest show on Earth
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River Out of Eden ("Daily Telegraph" Talking Science)
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The greatest show on Earth
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God's Utility Function
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Nice guys finish first
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Unweaving the Rainbow
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Not One More Death
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The Extended Phenotype
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Ancestor's Tale, The
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A Universe from Nothing
1 edition - first published in 2010
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| October 28, 2011 | Edited by Severin Taylor | Update photos |
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