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World of Richard Dawkins

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:21.
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http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/WorldOfDawkins-archive/index.shtml

Author: 
John Catalano
Excerpt: 

Richard Dawkins was educated at Oxford University and has taught zoology at the universities of California and Oxford. He is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. His books about evolution and science include The Selfish Gene, The Extended Phenotype, The Blind Watchmaker, River Out of Eden, Climbing Mount Improbable, and most recently, Unweaving the Rainbow

Annotation: 

The zoologist Richard Dawkins authored a number of best selling popular works on science and genetics including The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, The Extended Phenotype, River Out of Eden, Climbing Mount Improbable, and Unweaving the Rainbow. His theory implicating genetics as a key agent in the creation of culture continues to be controversial. This site includes a biography, 53 full text articles written by Dawkins, a long bibliography of works by Dawkins, links to related sites, and information about the work of Dawkins' disciples. Also included here is information about ongoing debates over creationism, and criticism of Dawkins' theories. The navigation is awkward, however, the primary materials here are worth the search effort for historians of biology, genetics and zoology.

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