Richard Dawkins

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Vetenskap

Richard Dawkins är en välkänd brittisk evolutionsbiolog och författare, känd för sina bidrag till vetenskapskommunikation och ateistisk aktivism.
Född 1941, blev han känd med sin bok "Det själviska genen" från 1976.
Dawkins innehade Charles Simonyi-stolen för offentlig förståelse av vetenskap vid Oxford University från 1995 till 2008.
Han har skrivit ett flertal böcker om evolution, ateism och vetenskap, inklusive "Den blinda urmakaren" och "Guds illusion".
Dawkins är känd för sin öppna kritik av religion och sin främjande av vetenskaplig rationalism.
Hans arbete har haft en betydande inverkan på den offentliga diskursen kring vetenskap och religion, vilket gör honom till en kontroversiell men inflytelserik figur inom båda områdena.

Böcker av Richard Dawkins

Illusionen om Gud

av Richard Dawkins • 2006

Religion is a delusion that survives by infecting children. A biologist makes the case for atheism.

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200 000+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🏛️ Philosophy Of Religion 📖 Religious Critique 🚫 New Atheism 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

Illusionen om Gud

Religion is a delusion that survives by infecting children. A biologist makes the case for atheism.

av Richard Dawkins 2006 374 sidor

3.90

200 000+ betyg

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🏛️ Philosophy Of Religion 📖 Religious Critique 🚫 New Atheism 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

Den själviska genen

av Richard Dawkins • 1976

Natural selection works for genes, not for you. They built you to serve them.

4.16

100 000+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🤝 Evolution Of Cooperation 🦊 Behavioral Ecology 🐒 Animal Behavior 🎲 Evolutionary Game Theory

Den själviska genen

Natural selection works for genes, not for you. They built you to serve them.

av Richard Dawkins 1976 360 sidor

4.16

100 000+ betyg

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🤝 Evolution Of Cooperation 🦊 Behavioral Ecology 🐒 Animal Behavior 🎲 Evolutionary Game Theory

The Greatest Show on Earth

av Richard Dawkins • 2009

From radioactive rocks to lizards that grew new heads in 37 years: the evidence for evolution.

4.16

56 000+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Natural Selection 🦴 Fossil Record 🧪 Molecular Biology 🌍 Biogeography

The Greatest Show on Earth

From radioactive rocks to lizards that grew new heads in 37 years: the evidence for evolution.

av Richard Dawkins 2009 470 sidor

4.16

56 000+ betyg

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Natural Selection 🦴 Fossil Record 🧪 Molecular Biology 🌍 Biogeography

The Blind Watchmaker

av Richard Dawkins • 1986

A blind, unthinking algorithm built every wing, eye, and brain on Earth; no designer required.

4.09

41 000+

🧬 Natural Selection ⌚ Design Argument 🧩 Gene-Centric Evolution ⚔️ Evolutionary Arms Races 🦚 Sexual Selection

The Blind Watchmaker

A blind, unthinking algorithm built every wing, eye, and brain on Earth; no designer required.

av Richard Dawkins 1986 466 sidor

4.09

41 000+ betyg

🧬 Natural Selection ⌚ Design Argument 🧩 Gene-Centric Evolution ⚔️ Evolutionary Arms Races 🦚 Sexual Selection

The Ancestor's Tale

av Richard Dawkins • 2004

Evolution traced backward, from human to the first cell: a pilgrimage through shared ancestry.

4.15

28 000+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology ⏳ Deep Time 🔄 Convergent Evolution 💥 Mass Extinctions 🌿 Adaptive Radiation

The Ancestor's Tale

Evolution traced backward, from human to the first cell: a pilgrimage through shared ancestry.

av Richard Dawkins 2004 673 sidor

4.15

28 000+ betyg

🧬 Evolutionary Biology ⏳ Deep Time 🔄 Convergent Evolution 💥 Mass Extinctions 🌿 Adaptive Radiation

The Magic of Reality

av Richard Dawkins • 2011

What makes the real world more magical than any myth? Evidence. And a few trillion galaxies.

4.05

27 000+

The Magic of Reality

What makes the real world more magical than any myth? Evidence. And a few trillion galaxies.

av Richard Dawkins 2011 272 sidor

4.05

27 000+ betyg

Unweaving the Rainbow

av Richard Dawkins • 2000

Keats was wrong: explaining the rainbow reveals an elegance no myth can match.

4.01

11 000+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology ✨ Science And Wonder 🔍 Scientific Skepticism 📜 Genetic Heritage 👁️ Perception And Reality

Unweaving the Rainbow

Keats was wrong: explaining the rainbow reveals an elegance no myth can match.

av Richard Dawkins 2000 352 sidor

4.01

11 000+ betyg

🧬 Evolutionary Biology ✨ Science And Wonder 🔍 Scientific Skepticism 📜 Genetic Heritage 👁️ Perception And Reality

Climbing Mount Improbable

av Richard Dawkins • 1996

Eyes evolved from scratch forty times. Each time the path was a staircase, not a leap.

4.11

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👁️ Convergent Evolution 🪜 Gradual Adaptation 🐝 Coevolution 🔬 Embryonic Development 🧬 Gene-Centered Evolution

Climbing Mount Improbable

Eyes evolved from scratch forty times. Each time the path was a staircase, not a leap.

av Richard Dawkins 1996 308 sidor

4.11

10 000+ betyg

👁️ Convergent Evolution 🪜 Gradual Adaptation 🐝 Coevolution 🔬 Embryonic Development 🧬 Gene-Centered Evolution

The Extended Phenotype

av Richard Dawkins • 1982

Genes don't stop at skin: a beaver dam is a genetic tool, like the teeth.

4.12

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Gene-Level Selection 🔍 Adaptationism 🧠 Cultural Evolution 🦊 Animal Behavior

The Extended Phenotype

Genes don't stop at skin: a beaver dam is a genetic tool, like the teeth.

av Richard Dawkins 1982 336 sidor

4.12

9 000+ betyg

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Gene-Level Selection 🔍 Adaptationism 🧠 Cultural Evolution 🦊 Animal Behavior

Outgrowing God

av Richard Dawkins • 2019

Humans have invented thousands of gods. A scientist's case for why yours is one of them.

4.06

6 000+

🧠 New Atheism ⛪ Religious Critique 🌍 Secular Humanism 🌐 Comparative Religion 📖 Biblical Criticism

Outgrowing God

Humans have invented thousands of gods. A scientist's case for why yours is one of them.

av Richard Dawkins 2019 200 sidor

4.06

6 000+ betyg

🧠 New Atheism ⛪ Religious Critique 🌍 Secular Humanism 🌐 Comparative Religion 📖 Biblical Criticism

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