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Author:

Dawkins, Richard, 1941- author.

Title:

Science in the soul : selected writings of a passionate rationalist / Richard Dawkins ; edited by Gillian Somerscales.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

438 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Science--Philosophy.
Essays.

Other Authors:

Somerscales, Gillian, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-427) and index.

Contents:

Honouring Hitch. VIII. No man is an island. The values of science and the science of values -- Speaking up for science : an open letter to Prince Charles -- Science and sensibility -- Dolittle and Darwin -- II. All its merciless glory. "More Darwinian than Darwin" : the Darwin-Wallace papers -- Universal Darwinism -- An ecology of replicators -- Twelve misunderstandings of kin selection -- III. Future conditional. Net gain -- Intelligent aliens -- Searching under the lamp-post -- Fifty years on : killing the soul? -- IV. Mind control, mischief and muddle. The 'Alabama insert' -- The guided missiles of 9/11 -- The theology of the tsunami -- Merry Christmas, Prime Minister! -- The science of religion -- Is science a religion? -- Atheists for Jesus -- V. Living in the real world. The dead hand of Plato -- 'Beyond reasonable doubt'? -- But can they suffer? -- I love fireworks, but... -- Who would rally against reason? -- In praise of subtitles; or, a drubbing for dubbing -- If I ruled the world... -- VI. The sacred truth of nature. About time -- The giant tortoise's tale : islands withing islands -- The sea turtle's tale : there and back again (and again?) -- Farewell to a digerati dreamer -- VII. Laughing at live dragons. Fundraising for faith -- The Great Bus Mystery -- Jarvis and the Family Tree -- Gerin Oil -- Sage elder statesman of the dinosaur fancy -- Athorism : let's hope it's a lasting vogue -- Dawkins' laws -- VIII. No man is an island. Memories of a maestro -- O my beloved father : John Dawkins, 1915-2010 -- More than my uncle : A.F. 'Bill' Dawkins, 1916-2009 -- Honouring Hitch.

ISBN:

0399592245
9780399592249

OCLC:

(OCoLC)988864603

LCCN:

2017025118

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