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Richard Dawkins explores the wonder of flight. A book for ages 8-80 about flying - from the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but magnificent bird Argentavis magnificens, to the British Airways pilots of today.

Von Adam und Eva bis zu Gilgamesch: Richard Dawkins erzählt die Mythen der Menschheit und erklärt die wissenschaftliche Wahrheit, die hinter ihnen steckt. Seit jeher hat die Menschheit versucht, sich die rätselhafte Natur durch Mythen begreiflich zu machen. Auf den Herbst folgt der Winter, weil Hades, der Gott der Unterwelt, Persephone in sein Reich entführt hat und die blühende Natur mit ihr, in Wirklichkeit gibt es unterschiedliche Jahresze...

Richard Dawkins is a thunderously gifted science writer.' Sunday TimesIncluding conversations with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley and more, this is an essential guide to the most exciting ideas of our time and their proponents from our most brilliant science communicator. Books Do Furnish a Life is divided by theme, including celebrating nature, exploring humanity, and interrogating faith. For the first time, it brings togethe...

At a time when science can seem complex and remote, it has a greater impact on our lives, and to the future of our planet, than ever before. It really matters that its discoveries and truths should be clearly and widely communicated. That its enemies, from the malicious to the muddled, the self-deluding to the self-interested, be challenged and exposed. That science should be brought out of the laboratory, taken into the corridors of power and...

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Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science writer and author of The God Delusion, explains why we shouldn't.Should we believe in God? Do we need God in order to explain the existence of the universe? Do we need God in order to be good? In twelve chapters that address some of the most profound questions human beings confront, Dawkins marshals science, philosophy and comparative religion to in...

GOTTLOS GLÜCKLICH - EIN SINNSTIFTENDES BUCH FÜR JUNGE MENSCHEN Brauchen wir Gott, um gute Menschen zu sein? Wie entscheiden wir, was gut oder böse ist? Und woran können wir glauben? In dieser rasanten Einführung in den modernen Atheismus erklärt der berühmte Wissenschaftsautor seine Sicht auf Welt und die Religion – für junge Menschen. Denn es ist zwar schön, die Geschichte der Arche Noah zu hören, aber besser, sie zu hinterfragen. Kann Jesus...

Richard Dawkins is author of The Selfish Gene, voted The Royal Society's Most Inspiring Science Book of All Time, and also the bestsellers The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, and two volumes of autobiography, An Appetite for Wonder and Brief Candle in the Dark. He is a Fellow of New College, Oxford and both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. In 2013, Dawkins was voted the ...

Wat is de zon? Waarom bestaan dag en nacht, winter en zomer? Waarom gebeuren er slechte dingen? De betoverende werkelijkheid legt uit hoe ruimte, tijd, evolutie en veel andere dingen in elkaar zitten en inspireert daarmee lezers van alle leeftijden. Samen met de bekende illustrator Dave McKean vertelt Richard Dawkins het echte verhaal van de wereld om ons heen. Zij nemen ons mee op een ontzagwekkende en betoverende reis door de wetenschappelij...

Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the world's greatest science writers tells us why we shouldn't.Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God. Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, he'd felt certain they must have had a designer. Learning about evolution changed his mind. Now one of the world's best and bestselling science communicators, Dawkins has given re...

Richard Dawkins (Author) Richard Dawkins is author of The Selfish Gene, voted The Royal Society's Most Inspiring Science Book of All Time, and also the bestsellers The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, and two volumes of autobiography, An Appetite for Wonder and Brief Candle in the Dark. He is a Fellow of New College, Oxford and both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. In 201...

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Excerpt from Modern Greek in Asia Minor: A Study of the Dialects of Sílli, Cappadocia and Phárasa With Grammar, Texts, Translations and GlossaryA paper of some fifty pages on the dialects of Silli and Cappadocia, which was published in the J oumal of Hellenic Studies for 19101, was the precursor of this book. The primary object of both paper and book is to describe the language of some of the Greek-speaking Christians of Asia Minor, but this i...

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The legendary biologist 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. For decades, Richard Dawkins has been a brilliant scientific communicator, consistently illuminating the wonders of nature and attacking faulty logic. Science in the Soul brings to...

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Der erweiterte Phänotyp - ein Klassiker der EvolutionsbiologieRichard Dawkins betrachtet dieses 1982 erschienene, 1999 überarbeitete und ergänzte Buch als seinen Hauptbeitrag zur Evolutionsbiologie und als Nachfolgewerk seines Bestsellers Das egoistische Gen. Für die deutschsprachige Übersetzung hat Richard Dawkins ein neues Vorwort verfasst. Dawkins erweitert in diesem Buch den Begriff des Phänotyps (als Summe aller Merkmale eines Individuums...

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