Richard Dawkins

Clinton Richard Dawkins DSc, FRS, FRSL (born Nairobi, 26 March 1941) is an English Although born in Kenya, Dawkins considers himself English. biologist and writer., Extract of page 228 He is an emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Simonyi Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008.

Dawkins is an atheist, a vice president of the British Humanist Association, and a supporter of the Brights movement. He is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In his 2006 book The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion, i.e. "a fixed false belief". As of January 2010, the English-language version had sold more than two million copies and had been translated into 31 languages.  Dawkins' ideas on evolution were heavily influenced by W.D. Hamilton. The influence can be seen throughout Dawkins' book The Selfish Gene.

Works
Books
 "The Selfish Gene" (1976)
 "The Extended Phenotype" (1982)
 "The Blind Watchmaker" (1986)
 "River Out of Eden" (1995)
 "Climbing Mount Improbable" (1996)
 "Unweaving the Rainbow" (1998)
 "A Devil's Chaplain" (2003)
 "The Ancestor's Tale" (2004)
 "The God Delusion" (2006)
 "The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True" (2011)
 An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist (2013)
 "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution" (2009)

Documentaries

 "Nice Guys Finish First" (1987)
 "The Blind Watchmaker" (1987)
 "Growing Up in the Universe" (1991)
 "Break the Science Barrier" (1996)
 "The Root of All Evil?" (2006)
 "The Enemies of Reason" (2007)
 "The Genius of Charles Darwin" (2008)
 Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life (2012)
 Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)
 Faith School Menace? (2010) 
 Beautiful Minds (2012)
 The Unbelievers (2013)

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