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Richard Dawkins: Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents
RICHARD DAWKINS
Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
Presentation plus booksigning
Hosted by Philip Maldari
Wednesday, August 9, 7:30 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
Admit 1 = $25, Admit 1 + book= $35, admit 2+book=$45 : brownpapertickets.com :: T: 800-838-3006 or Pegasus (3 sites), Books Inc (Berkeley), Moes, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel a Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloways, KPFA benefit info: kpfa.org/events
In a world grown irrational and hostile to facts, Science in the Soul is an essential collection by an indispensable author.
Richard Dawkins is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. Dawkins first came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centred view of evolution. In 2006, he founded the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. Dawkins is an atheist, well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In The Blind Watchmaker (1986), he argues against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he describes evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker in that reproduction, mutation, and selection are unguided by any designer. In The God Delusion (2006), Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion. He opposes the teaching of creationism in schools.
Among his many books are: The Selfish Gene, The Extended Phenotype, The Blind Watchmaker,The God Delusion, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution. The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True, An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist , Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science, Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist, to be published in June 2017. In it the legendary biologist, provocateur, and bestselling author mounts a timely and passionate defense of science and clear thinking with this career-spanning collection of essays, including twenty pieces published in the United States for the first time. Though it spans three decades, this book couldnt be more timely. Dawkins calls on us to insist that reason take center stage and that gut feelings, even when they dont represent the stirred dark waters of xenophobia, misogyny, or other blind prejudice, should stay out of the voting booth. Dawkins has equal ardor for the sacred truth of nature and renders here with typical virtuosity the glories and complexities of the natural world.
In this golden age of enlightened science writing, it is stunning that no scientist has won the Nobel Prize for Literature No living scientist is more deserving of such recognition than Richard Dawkins. . . . Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, columnist for Scientific American
Philip Maldari, veteran KPFA broadcaster, hosts the two-hour Sunday Morning Show every Week.
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LocationFirst Congregational Church of Berkeley (View)
2345 Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
United States
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