Title:
An appetite for wonder : the making of a scientist : a memoir / Richard Dawkins.
Author:
Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2013]
Call Number:
QH31 .D425 A3 2013B
Abstract:
Famous for his radical new vision of Darwinism, Richard Dawkins paints a colorful, richly textured canvas of his early life from innocent child to charismatic world-famous scientist.
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
ISBN:
9780062225795
Physical Description:
308 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 24 cm
General Note:
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2013 by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Genes and pith helmets -- Camp followers in Kenya -- The land of the lake -- Eagle in the mountains -- Farewell to Africa -- Under Salisbury's spire -- 'And your English summer's done' -- The spire by the Nene -- Dreaming spires -- Learning the trade -- West Coast dreamtime -- Computer fix -- The grammar of behaviour -- The immortal gene -- Looking back down the path.
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