Bücher von Richard Dawkins

Acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution written in the last hundred years, The Blind Watchmaker offers an inspiring and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time. A brilliant and controversial book which demonstrates that evolution by natural selection - the unconscious, automatic, blind yet essentially non-random process discovered by Darwin - is the only answer to the biggest question of all: why do we exist?

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.

Charles Darwin's masterpiece, "On the Origin of Species", shook society to its core on publication in 1859. This title takes on creationists, including followers of 'Intelligent Design' and all those who question the fact of evolution through natural selection.

What are things made of? What is the sun? Why is there night and day, winter and summer? Why do bad things happen? Are we alone? Have you heard the tale of how the sun hatched out of an emu's egg? Has anyone ever told you that earthquakes are caused by a sneezing giant? This title answers all these questions.

In this hugely entertaining sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir An Appetite for Wonder, Richard Dawkins delves deeply into his intellectual life spent kick-starting new conversations about science, culture, and religion—and writing yet another of the most audacious and widely read books of the twentieth century—The God Delusion.Called "one of the best nonfiction writers alive today" (Steven Pinker) and a "prize-fighter" (Nature), Richard Dawkins cheerfully, mischievously, looks back on a lifetime of tireless intellectual adventure and engagement. Throughout A Brief Candle in the Dark, Dawkins shares with us his infectious sense of wonder at the natural world, his enjoyment of the absurdities of human interaction, and his bracing awareness of life's brevity: all of which have made a deep imprint on our culture.

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundred of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003, edited by Richard Dawkins, is another "eloquent, accessible, and even illuminating" collection (Publishers Weekly). Here are the best and brightest writers on science and nature, writing on such wide-ranging subjects as astronomy's new stars, archaeology, the Bible, "terminal" ice, and memory faults.Natalie Angier Timothy Ferris Ian Frazier Elizabeth F. Loftus Steven Pinker Oliver Sacks Steven Weinberg Edward O. Wilson

Gottlos glücklich - Ein sinnstiftendes Buch für junge MenschenBrauchen wir Gott, um gute Menschen zu sein? Wie entscheiden wir, was gut oder böse ist? Und woran können wir glauben? Ein Leitfaden für Kinder aus der Feder des wichtigsten Evolutionsbiologen unserer Zeit. Es ist schön, die Geschichte der Arche Noah zu hören, aber besser, sie zu hinterfragen. Kann Jesus ein Vorbild sein, auch wenn ich nicht an Gott glaube? Richard Dawkins schreibt eine Anleitung für Jugendliche. Er zeigt, wie sie ihre Überzeugungen aus wissenschaftlichen Fakten gewinnen können - und sich vom Glauben emanzipieren und zu selbstbestimmten Menschen heranwachsen.

Richard Dawkins tritt den Beweis an, dass die Evolutionstheorie keine bloße Hypothese oder gar Glaubenssache ist, sondern dass sie schlicht und ergreifend stimmt. Überzeugend, lebendig und leicht nachvollziehbar legt er dar, was Darwins Theorie wirklich besagt und wie sie begründet ist. Er erklärt, worauf Fossilien hindeuten, warum Rehpinscher und Rosenkohl Belege für experimentelle Evolution sind und warum Wale Hinterbeine haben.Mit Brillanz und Präzision pariert Dawkins alle Angriffe gegen die Evolutionstheorie. Streitbar, fundiert, mit Leidenschaft und Humor belegt der Bestsellerautor, warum Darwin Recht hat.

'Richard Dawkins is a thunderously gifted science writer.' Sunday Times'It may be a collection of shorter parts, but the book is in no sense Dawkins made simple.

With an introduction and new commentary by the author, subjects range from evolution and Darwinian natural selection to the role of scientist as prophet, whether science is itself a religion, the probability of alien life in other worlds, and the beauties, cruelties and oddities of earthly life in this one.

>>Ein auch heute noch bedeutsamer Klassiker<< Daily Express Sind wir Marionetten unserer Gene? Nach Richard Dawkins' vor uber 30 Jahren entworfener und heute noch immer provozierender These steuern und dirigieren unsere von Generation zu Generation weitergegebenen Gene uns, um sich selbst zu erhalten. Alle biologischen Organismen dienen somit vor allem dem Uberleben und der Unsterblichkeit der Erbanlagen und sind letztlich nur die "e;Einweg-Behalter"e; der "e;egoistischen"e; Gene. Sind wir Menschen also unserem Gen-Schicksal hilflos ausgeliefert? Dawkins bestreitet dies und macht uns Hoffnung: Seiner Meinung nach sind wir namlich die einzige Spezies mit der Chance, gegen ihr genetisches Schicksal anzukampfen.