An early memoir from the world's most famous atheist, and scientist.
Richard Dawkins (Author, Reader)
Richard Dawkins is author of The Selfish Gene, voted The
Royal Society's Most Inspiring Science Book of All Time, and also
the bestsellers The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable,
The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, and two volumes of
autobiography, An Appetite for Wonder and Brief Candle in the Dark.
He is a Fellow of New College, Oxford and both the Royal Society
and the Royal Society of Literature. In 2013, Dawkins was voted the
world's top thinker in Prospect magazine's poll of 10,000 readers
from over 100 countries.
"Most geeks cannot write; this one can... Equipped with an
undoubted gift for expression, Dawkins the writer comes with a
unique pedigree"
*Guardian*
"Lyrical... brilliant... Dawkins’ style [is] clear and elegant"
*Financial Times*
"This eloquent, witty and instructive book reveals the true Richard
Dawkins. It's a great read."
*A.C. Grayling*
"Throughout and as usual, Dawkins's writing is graceful, sparkling
with anecdotes and wit"
*Eugenie Scott, Nature*
"Affirmative nostalgia suits [Dawkins], and so does the good humour
that imbues his writing about home... The voice is familiar but the
tone is new, and the result is some of his most pleasing prose...
The clarity and passion with which he recalls his childhood is
matched by the clarity, passion, concerns and imagery – fairness,
bullying, kindness to animals – with which he expresses the values
he has maintained since then... An Appetite for Wonder speaks
eloquently about where his values and preoccupations came from...
Warmly illuminating about the making of Dawkins the humanist."
*Marek Kohn, Independent*
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