A devil's chaplain : reflections on hope, lies, science, and love /
Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
A devil's chaplain : reflections on hope, lies, science, and love / Richard Dawkins. - vi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Science and Sensibility -- A Devil's Chaplain -- What is True? -- Gaps in the Mind -- Science, Genetics and Ethics: Memo for Tony Blair -- Trial By Jury -- Crystalline Truth and Crystal Balls -- Postmodernism Disrobed -- The Joy of Living Dangerously: Sanderson of Oundle -- Night Will Be Thrown -- Light Will Be Thrown -- Darwin Triumphant -- The 'Information Challenge' -- Genes Aren't Us -- Son of Moore's Law -- The Infected Mind -- Chinese Junk and Chinese Whispers -- Viruses of the Mind -- The Great Convergence -- Dolly and the Cloth Heads -- Time to Stand Up -- They Told Me, Heraclitus -- Lament for Douglas -- Eulogy for Douglas Adams -- Eulogy for W. D. Hamilton -- Snake Oil -- Even the Ranks of Tuscany -- Rejoicing in Multifarious Nature -- The Art of the Developable -- Hallucigenia, Wiwaxia and Friends -- Human Chauvinism and Evolutionary Progress -- Unfinished Correspondence with a Darwinian Heavyweight -- There is All Africa and her Prodigies in Us -- Ecology of Genes -- Out of the Soul of Africa -- I Speak of Africa and Golden Joys -- Heroes and Ancestors -- A Prayer for My Daughter -- Good and Bad Reasons for Believing. 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. 1.6. 1.7. 1.8. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 6. 6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4. 7. 7.1.
"One of the most renowned evolutionary biologists at work today. Richard Dawkins has written passionately for years on subjects that matter deeply to him - and matter urgently to all of us. A Devil's Chaplain brings together the best and most provocative of his essays, on subjects ranging from evolution to ethics, from travel to literature, from education to religion. The result is an intriguing portrait of one of the finest minds in science." "With eloquence and vigor, these essays put forward Dawkin's most fundamental axiom: seek truth. He speaks out against pseudoscience and deftly dissects religion and mysticism. He writes infectiously of his awe at the marvelous complexity of the universe, pays moving tribute to dear friends and worthy colleagues, and tenderly recalls his boyhood in Africa. Uncompromising, even ruthless, as Dawkins famously is when defending scientific truth and reason, this collection also shows a gentler, more contemplative side which may surprise his many readers."--BOOK JACKET.
0618335404 9780618335404
2003050859
Evolution (Biology)
Science--Philosophy
Religion and science.
QH366.2 / .D373 2003
500
A devil's chaplain : reflections on hope, lies, science, and love / Richard Dawkins. - vi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Science and Sensibility -- A Devil's Chaplain -- What is True? -- Gaps in the Mind -- Science, Genetics and Ethics: Memo for Tony Blair -- Trial By Jury -- Crystalline Truth and Crystal Balls -- Postmodernism Disrobed -- The Joy of Living Dangerously: Sanderson of Oundle -- Night Will Be Thrown -- Light Will Be Thrown -- Darwin Triumphant -- The 'Information Challenge' -- Genes Aren't Us -- Son of Moore's Law -- The Infected Mind -- Chinese Junk and Chinese Whispers -- Viruses of the Mind -- The Great Convergence -- Dolly and the Cloth Heads -- Time to Stand Up -- They Told Me, Heraclitus -- Lament for Douglas -- Eulogy for Douglas Adams -- Eulogy for W. D. Hamilton -- Snake Oil -- Even the Ranks of Tuscany -- Rejoicing in Multifarious Nature -- The Art of the Developable -- Hallucigenia, Wiwaxia and Friends -- Human Chauvinism and Evolutionary Progress -- Unfinished Correspondence with a Darwinian Heavyweight -- There is All Africa and her Prodigies in Us -- Ecology of Genes -- Out of the Soul of Africa -- I Speak of Africa and Golden Joys -- Heroes and Ancestors -- A Prayer for My Daughter -- Good and Bad Reasons for Believing. 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. 1.6. 1.7. 1.8. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 6. 6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4. 7. 7.1.
"One of the most renowned evolutionary biologists at work today. Richard Dawkins has written passionately for years on subjects that matter deeply to him - and matter urgently to all of us. A Devil's Chaplain brings together the best and most provocative of his essays, on subjects ranging from evolution to ethics, from travel to literature, from education to religion. The result is an intriguing portrait of one of the finest minds in science." "With eloquence and vigor, these essays put forward Dawkin's most fundamental axiom: seek truth. He speaks out against pseudoscience and deftly dissects religion and mysticism. He writes infectiously of his awe at the marvelous complexity of the universe, pays moving tribute to dear friends and worthy colleagues, and tenderly recalls his boyhood in Africa. Uncompromising, even ruthless, as Dawkins famously is when defending scientific truth and reason, this collection also shows a gentler, more contemplative side which may surprise his many readers."--BOOK JACKET.
0618335404 9780618335404
2003050859
Evolution (Biology)
Science--Philosophy
Religion and science.
QH366.2 / .D373 2003
500