Carti, autor Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins

The Greatest Show on Earth.The Evidence for Evolution

In 2008, a Gallup poll showed that 44 percent of Americans believed God had created man in his present form within the last 10,000 years. In a Pew Forum poll in the same year, 42 percent believed that all life on earth has existed in its present form since the beginning of time. In 1859 Charles Darwin's masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook society to its core. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke. But he surely would have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging a century and a half later. Evolution is accepted as scientific fact by all reputable scientists and indeed theologians, yet millions of people continue to question its veracity. Now the author of the iconic work The God Delusion takes them to task. The Greatest Show on Earth is a stunning counterattack on advocates of "Intelligent Design," explaining the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist "argument." Dawkins sifts through rich layers of scientific evidence: from living examples of natural selection to clues in the fossil record; from natural clocks that mark the vast epochs wherein evolution ran its course to the ...

Richard Dawkins

CEASORNICARUL ORB

Cartea pe care ar fi scris-o Darwin daca ar fi trait in zilele noastre Richard Dawkins a adus evolutia la zi. ( The Times ) Dupa 150 de ani, teoria evolutiei prin selectie naturala continua sa lase iluzia ca e usor de inteles - si in genere e gresit inteleasa, ba chiar e inca respinsa de un numar surprinzator de mare de oameni, in ciuda dovezilor zdrobitoare in favoarea ei care s-au adunat de la Darwin incoace. In Ceasornicarul orb Richard Dawkins isi asuma sarcina de a explica in detaliu pentru publicul larg tot ce pare la prima vedere imposibil de explicat pe cale naturala: aparitia primelor forme de viata pe Pamant, dezvoltarea organelor complexe cum sunt ochii sau aripile, asa-zisele verigi lipsa" despre care vorbesc paleontologii, precum si numeroase aspecte stranii ale lumii vii. Cheia explicatiilor lui Dawkins e intelegerea corecta a caracterului treptat, pas cu pas, al evolutiei si a raportului dintre intamplare (mutatia genetica) si determinism (selectia naturala). Ceasornicarul orb e o demonstratie de forta intelectuala care isi are locul, alaturi de Originea speciilor, intre marile carti de biologie.

Richard Dawkins

Himera credinţei în Dumnezeu .

„Imaginaţi-vă o lume lipsită de religie. Fără atentate sinucigaşe, fără 11 septembrie sau 7 iulie, fără cruciade şi vânători de vrăjitoare, comploturi, războaie şi separatişti, fără războaie israeliano-palestiniene, masacre între sârbi, croaţi şi musulmani, persecuţii ale evreilor sau atacuri nord-irlandeze. Fără acei tele-evanghelişti cu costume strălucitoare şi coafuri bufante, care le spun oamenilor despre banii lor că «Dumnezeu vrea să daţi, până la suferinţă». Fără talibani care să arunce în aer statui antice, fără execuţii publice ale celor care proferează blasfemii şi fără femei biciuite pentru crima de a-şi fi arătat faţa… O lume tolerantă şi raţională, care să ia în calcul şi posibilitatea că Dumnezeu nu există — sub nicio formă şi pentru nicio religie“, scrie Richard Dawkins. Iată un subiect de interes pentru fiecare muritor de pe planetă. În plus, raţionamentele dezvoltate de autor plecând de la premise ştiinţifice (susţinute de specializarea acestuia în biologie evoluţionistă şi de experienţa acumulată în calitate de profesor la Universitatea Oxford) au făcut din această carte, ...

Richard Dawkins

UN RAU PORNIT DIN EDEN

Richard Dawkins

Gena egoista

Richard Dawkins este unul dintre cei mai sclipitori reprezentanti ai noii generatii de biologi, având un discurs fermecator si o pasta scriitoriceasca de exceptie. Cartea de fata este una fascinanta, unica în felul ei, emanând o viziune unitara despre adevarurile mai vechi ale darwinismului, dar si noile adevaruri ale unei alte idei mari, aceea a unei particule ereditare, autoreproducatoare si autosuficiente. Aceasta carte nu urmareste sa fie o pledoarie generala în favoarea darwinismului, ci exploreaza consecintele teoriei evolutioniste pentru o anumita directie tematica. Anul acesta cartea împlineste 30 ani de la prima sa aparitie !

Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett

The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene

In this influential and controversial book that has become a classic in popular science writing, Dawkins furthers his fascinating look at the evolution of life and natural selection.

Richard Dawkins

The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing

Richard Dawkins

The Selfish Gene

In his internationally bestselling, now classic volume, Dawkins explains how the selfish gene can also be a subtle gene. This anniversary edition retains all original material, including the two enlightening chapters in the second edition, and a new Introduction by Dawkins.

Richard Dawkins

Blind Watchmaker

The watchmaker belongs to the eighteenth-century theologian William Paley, who made one of the most famous creationist arguments: Just as a watch is too complicated and too functional to have sprung into existence by accident, so too must all living things, with their far greater complexity, be purposefully designed. It was Charles Darwin's brilliant discovery that put the lie to these arguments. But only Richard Dawkins could have written this eloquent riposte to the creationists. Natural selection - the unconscious, automatic, blind, yet essentially nonrandom process that Darwin discovered - has no purpose in mind. If it can be said to play the role of watchmaker in nature, it is the blind watchmaker. Acclaimed as perhaps the most influential work on evolution written in this century, The Blind Watchmaker offers an engaging and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time.

Richard Dawkins

Climbing Mount Improbable Climbing Mount Improbable

In a brilliant book that celebrates improbability, the acclaimed author of "The Selfish Gene" and "The Blind Watchmaker" builds a carefully reasoned and lovingly illustrated argument for evolutionary adaptation as the mechanism for life on Earth. "Without question, Richard Dawkins is the most brilliant and compelling propagandist of Darwin today".--"Wired". Photos and drawings.

Richard Dawkins

River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life

In Dawkins' view, human beings are vehicles of evolution--gene carriers whose primary purpose is propagation of their own genes. In this new book, he explains evolution as a flowing river of genes, demonstrating how genes meet, compete, unite, and sometimes separate to form new species.

Richard Dawkins

The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution

Renowned biologist and thinker Dawkins presents his most expansive work yet: a comprehensive look at evolution, ranging from the latest developments to his own provocative views, and loosely based on the form of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

Richard Dawkins

Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

Did Newton "unweave the rainbow" by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats contended, and so diminish beauty? Far from it, says the author, an acclaimed scientist. He says Newton's unweaving is the key to much of modern astronomy and to the poetry of modern cosmology, in this tribute to scientific exploration.

Richard Dawkins

A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love

The first collection of essays from renowned scientist and best-selling author Richard Dawkins is an enthusiastic declaration, a testament to the power of rigorous scientific examination to reveal the wonders of the world. In these essays Dawkins revisits the meme, the unit of cultural information that he named and wrote about in his groundbreaking work The Selfish Gene. Here also are moving tributes to friends and colleagues, including a eulogy for novelist Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; correspondence with the evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould; and visits with the famed paleoanthropologists Richard and Maeve Leakey at their African wildlife preserve. The collection ends with a vivid note to Dawkins's ten-year-old daughter, reminding her to remain curious, to ask questions, and to live the examined life.

Richard Dawkins

The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution

In works such as "The Selfish Gene" and "Unweaving the Rainbow," the renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has introduced the wonders of modern biology. Now this gifted science popularizer offers a masterwork: a wholly original tour backward through evolution.

Richard Dawkins

The God Delusion

Discovery" magazine has recently called Richard Dawkins "Darwins Rottweiler" for his fierce and effective defense of evolution. In his "New York Times" bestseller, Dawkins turns his considerable intellect on religion, denouncing its faulty logic and the suffering it causes.

Richard Dawkins

The God Delusion

Discovery" magazine has recently called Richard Dawkins "Darwins Rottweiler" for his fierce and effective defense of evolution. In his "New York Times" bestseller, Dawkins turns his considerable intellect on religion, denouncing its faulty logic and the suffering it causes.

Richard Dawkins

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

In a brilliant follow-up to his blockbuster "The God Delusion," world-renowned evolutionary biologist and author Dawkins lays out the evidence for evolution.

Richard Dawkins

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Richard Dawkins

The God Delusion

Richard Dawkins, whom Discover magazine recently called "Darwin's Rottweiler" for his fierce and effective defense of evolution, now turns his considerable intellect on religion, denouncing its faulty logic and the suffering it causes. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence. In so doing, he makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just irrational, but potentially deadly.