Richard Dawkins

How a scientist changed the way we think
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-929116-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 196 mm

Richard Dawkins was voted top public intellectual in a recent poll by Prospect Magazine and is widely regarded as one of the outstanding writers and thinkers today.
- This collection of specially commissioned pieces includes essays from leading scientists, philosophers, novelists, and media figures, exploring the influence of Dawkins' ideas and writings, and his public role.

- Every one of Dawkins' popular science books have been international bestsellers, renowned for their literary style and conceptual insights.

- Coincides with the 30th anniversary of the classic work The Selfish Gene, the 20th anniversary of The Blind Watchmaker, and the 10th of Climbing Mount Improbable.

Published to coincide with the 30th anniversary of The Selfish Gene, this sparkling collection explores the impact of Richard Dawkins as scientist, rationalist, and one of the most important thinkers alive today.

Specially commissioned pieces by leading figures in science, philosophy, literature, and the media, such as Daniel C. Dennett, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, Philip Pullman, and the Bishop of Oxford, highlight the breadth and range of Dawkins' influence on modern science and culture, from the gene's eye view of evolution to his energetic engagement in public debates on science, rationalism, and religion.

This volume, which includes personal reminiscences and critical debate, as well as accessible discussions of science, is a stimulating tribute to a remarkable intellectual, written by some of the finest writers and scientists working today.

Zielgruppe

Readers interested in Richard Dawkins, his writing, his ideas, and his role as a public intellectual. Readers of popular science, those interested in evolution, science, rationalism, religion, the history of ideas, and evolutionary psychology. The book will also be of interest for its biographical element.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grafen, Alan

Ridley, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Mathematik & Informatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Alan Grafen, Professor of Theoretical Biology at the Department of Zoology, Oxford and Mark Ridley, Department of Zoology, Oxford

Contributors: (to be confirmed) Andrew Read, Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford Daniel C. Dennett, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University David Deutsch, Professor, Centre for Quantum Computation, University of Oxford David Haig, Associate Professor of Biology, Harvard University Helena Cronin, Co-Director, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, LSE Marek Kohn, author of "A Reason for Everything: Natural Selection and the British Imagination" Margo Wilson, Department of Psychology, McMaster University Marian Dawkins, Professor of Animal Behaviour, Oxford University Martin Daly, Department of Psychology, McMaster University Matt Ridley, author of Nature Via Nurture (2003), Genome (1999), The Origins of Virtue (1996) and The Red Queen : Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (1993 Melvyn Bragg, broadcaster, writer, and novelist Michael Hansell, Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK. Michael Shermer, Director of the Skeptics Society, columnist, and author of The Science of Good and Evil (Times Books); In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace (Oxford University Press Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials trilogy Randolph Nesse, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, The University of Michigan Robert Aunger, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Seth Bullock, University of Leeds Sir Patrick Bateson, Professor of Ethology, University of Cambridge Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University Ullica Segerstrale, author of Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate