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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 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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English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

Born 26 March 1941

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  • Cover of: The God Delusion

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  • Cover of: An Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life

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  • Cover of: The View From Mount Improbable

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  • Cover of: The extended phenotype: the long reach of the gene

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  • Cover of: Unweaving the Rainbow

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  • Cover of: Why we believe in god(s): a concise guide to the science of faith

    First published in 2011 8 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The best American science and nature writing, 2003

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  • Cover of: The Tinbergen legacy

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  • Cover of: Kör saatçi: The blind watchmaker

    First published in 2002 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology: Volume 3: 1986 (Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology)

    First published in 1986 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology: Volume 1: 1984 (Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology)

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  • Cover of: Pocket Watchmaker

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  • Cover of: The Cambridge encyclopedia of human evolution

    First published in 1992 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: God's Utility Function

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English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

Born 26 March 1941
Subjects
Evolution, Science, Philosophy, Biological Evolution, Evolution (Biology), Genetics, Human evolution, Natural selection, Ateizm, Biology, Evolutie, Genetic Selection, History, Natuurlijke selectie, New York Times reviewed, Religion and science, Évolution, 1999 e-479, 211.8, 211/.8, 576.8/2, Adaptation (biology), Animal behavior, Areligiosität, Ateism
Places
Africa, England, Netherlands
People
Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin (1809-1882), Douglas Adams, Niko Tinbergen (1907-), Richard Dawkins

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